What Happens When California Cities Fumble Housing Plans?
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Santa Monica's Builders Remedy Projects Are Already In, Right?
Under state law, if a city is in this period of noncompliance, a developer can submit a builders remedy project. That builders remedy project has to be automatically approved by the city council and the planning commissions as long as 20% of the units that are being proposed are affordable. In other words, the city really has no power to deny the project. But Trevor, this law has been around for a long time. It's not necessarily new.
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