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<\/a>The UCLA campus in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.<\/p>\nIn areas such as Westwood, an upscale district with Spanish revival-style homes and high-end condos, some residents said they\u2019re worried that a building binge will degrade their quality of life. They also said they have their own plans to add multifamily dwellings in the neighborhood, which according to Redfin has a median home price of $1.2 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cScores of historical buildings and single-family homes would be decimated for no reason,\u201d said Steve Sann, chair of the Westwood Neighborhood Association. \u201cWe already know where we want our high-density housing. But before we\u2019ve had a chance to fully implement it, here comes Sacramento with a bulldozer.\u201d<\/p>\n
The UCLA campus in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
State Senator Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco who authored the legislation, said it\u2019s too soon to estimate how much home construction his plan would unlock. But addressing affordability will require adding density in zones which until now have been off limits, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we\u2019re not building more housing near the highest quality public transportation, where the hell are we building it?\u201d Wiener said.<\/p>\n
Wiener sponsored several other housing initiatives over the years, including a recent measure that exempted some projects from environmental reviews. When Newsom signed that into law in June, he called it part of his \u201cabundance agenda,\u201d a political movement gaining ground among Democrats that\u2019s leading to more aggressive pro-building measures.<\/p>\n
The new California law allows taller apartment buildings within a half mile of heavily used transit stations across eight counties, including places like San Francisco and San Diego. It also removes some protections for building on historical land.<\/p>\n
In Westwood, which is tucked between Beverly Hills and Bel Air, residents were concerned that homes previously left untouched by other housing initiatives could potentially be redeveloped. The neighborhood is also due to add two new Los Angeles Metro stations by 2028, which can increase the area affected by the new building rules.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce you get that first apartment, watch people just start selling and selling and selling,\u201d said Terri Tippit, who has lived more than half a century in a Spanish revival-style home two miles south of the University of California at Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
Councilwoman Traci Park, who also opposes the new rules, says they could drive out low-income families from places like East LA by making their homes susceptible to new zoning rules.<\/p>\n
A key dispute is that the city already has a plan incentivizing multifamily construction near transit, without touching single-family homes. But critics say that plan\u2019s progress has been slow.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles wants to add roughly 456,000 housing units by 2029, but only about 3,100 permits for new units were approved in the first half of this year. UCLA housing data analyst Aaron Barrall says he doubts the city can adequately meet its goal while exempting \u201cthe vast plurality of the city\u2019s land.\u201d<\/p>\n
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