Stop Assembly Bill 1063

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Stop Assembly Bill 1063

California State Assembly

Just last week, a NIMBY bill was introduced to let cities off the hook on affordable housing. Assembly Bill 1063 would allow cities to count granny flats (a.k.a. Accessory Dwelling Units) that don’t exist toward their legally-required affordable housing plans.

We love granny flats as much as anyone -- in fact, we’ve helped pass several laws that make it easier to build ADUs in cities across California. But ADUs alone won’t solve our affordable housing shortage, especially if they’re never even built.

Put simply, Assembly Bill 1063 would mean less affordable housing for low-income workers and families who need it most.

We need to come together and stop this bill from making it to the floor of the Assembly. Take 30 seconds to let your Assemblymember know how you feel about NIMBYism right now.

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California YIMBY

To: California State Assembly
From: [Your Name]

Dear Assemblymember,

We, the undersigned, believe that the California Assembly must not pass AB 1063.

California has a state-wide housing shortage of 3.5 million homes. Low- and middle-income households face historic rent burdens in California, and the problem worsens by the day. To quell California’s mounting affordable housing crisis, local governments must allow low-income housing to be built in addition to ADUs and low-income housing subsidies.

Letting affluent, anti-housing cities like Newport Beach write their own rules about affordable housing is letting the fox guard the hen house. AB 1063 wrongly assumes that new ADUs will be occupied by low-income tenants, when that is not always the case.

Assembly Bill 1063 would let local governments skirt their responsibility to build enough low-income housing for their workers and families who need it. The State Legislature has shown it still lacks the courage to solve our state’s monumental housing crisis. The least they could do is refrain from making the shortage worse.

Sincerely,