How Will SB 9 Affect Planning in California?
- William Fulton
- Sep 19, 2021
- 5 min read
SB 9, the bill outlawing single-family zoning in California, is now law. On the surface, it’s a transformational piece of legislation, unwinding a century of California land-use regulation. But what’s really in it? And will it really result in either far more housing, as its proponents hope, or dramatically changed neighborhoods, as its opponents fear?


