Why Are L.A.’s Leaders Fighting State Law Incentivizing Transit-Oriented Housing?

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Commercial Observer

When California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark housing bill last fall allowing upzoning near mass transit, supporters hailed it as a “YIMBY Holy Grail.” Advocates for more apartment construction celebrated Senate Bill 79. This long-in-the-works victory would help override restrictive municipal zoning rules and to start to close the state’s yawning housing gap, and []