How SB 35 and AB 1763 Pushed Through An Affordable Housing Project
- William Fulton
- Feb 8, 2021
- 4 min read
As CP&DR has written repeatedly over the last couple of years, SB 35 is turning project-level housing review upside down, especially in the Bay Area. But by and large, SB 35 – which limits cities to ministerial review over housing projects in some circumstances – has been used to promote market-rate projects in upscale locations like Berkeley, Cupertino, and Los Altos. This isn’t surprising, especially since a precondition for SB 35 is paying construction laborers prevailing wage – an expensive proposition that usually requires a big revenue stream.
