Thanks to REFORM Alliance’s work to pass #SB423, people on supervision who are doing well like Keleen have an opportunity for early discharge through streamlined processes, and can earn time off their sentence by completing a degree or attaining a work certification.

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A 100-percent affordable housing development in Salinas finally gets going. Read the full article on Monterey County Now.

A 100-percent affordable housing development in Salinas finally gets going. #affordablehousing #salinas #housingdevelopment #sb423 #eastmarketstreet

San Francisco Breaks Ground on 11-Story Affordable Housing Project After Over 5 Years | KQED Originally approved in 2020 as a mixed-income development, one of San Francisco’s largest affordable housing projects in years is breaking ground in Potrero Hill.

Existing: strip mall, parking
Underway: 425 below-market-rate homes

“Neighbors objected to the 11-story height” but “the project took advantage of Senate Bill 35, which creates a streamlined, ministerial approval process for qualified multifamily projects...” #SB35 #SB423

New attack on affordable housing funding just dropped!

#SB423 was gut-and-amended overnight to ban LA from taxing real estate sales if the building is less than 15 years old or a single-family home. This would take a huge bite out of LA's Measure ULA which has raised $830m for affordable housing.

There are also bills to streamline the approval process for mixed income housing. The most important of these is #SB423, a Scott Wiener bill backed by Carpenters. This bill extends streamlining used by affordable housing, and also expands it for-profit developers who include some affordable units 3/