A Soon-to-be-Enacted Bill Could Transform Housing in California

Greater Greater Washington, Apr. 7, 2023–Jeff Wood
In 2022, the California legislature passed AB 2011, the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022. Behind the scenes, Peter Calthorpe, an architect and planner, and others were advocating for the bill, which would allow housing to be built on commercial properties around the state. After calculating the impacts of such a change on El Camino Real, a regional corridor, he realized that 250,000 residential units could be added on just this one road.
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