SENIOR SENATE PROPOSAL NO. 1

INTRODUCED BY SENIOR SENATOR EATON

(COAUTHOR: SENIOR ASSEMBLY MEMBER GLASMEIER)

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SP 1: AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS

EXISTING LAW, THE PLANNING AND ZONING LAW, REQUIRES CITIES AND COUNTIES TO ADOPT ZONING ORDINANCES AND SETS FORTH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIED TYPES OF HOUSING.

THIS MEASURE WOULD MEMORIALIZE THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF ADEQUATE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS THROUGH THE REVISION OF ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND PERMIT AND IMPACT FEES.

VOTE: MAJORITY.

SP1: RELATING TO HOUSING

WHEREAS, THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF ADEQUATE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS IN CALIFORNIA; AND

WHEREAS, THE NUMBER OF SENIORS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE DRAMATICALLY AS MORE AND MORE BABY BOOMERS TURN 60 YEARS OF AGE EACH YEAR; AND

WHEREAS, THE LIFESPAN OF SENIORS CONTINUES TO INCREASE, WHICH MAGNIFIES THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE FRAIL ELDERLY. THE AVAILABILITY OF MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS WOULD REDUCE OR STABILIZE THE NEED FOR MORE ASSISTED LIVING OR OTHER FORMS OF INSTITUTIONAL HOUSING; AND

WHEREAS, GRANNY-FLATS ARE ONE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM. THIS SOLUTION, HOWEVER, IS COMPLICATED BY THE LACK OF UNIFORMITY IN ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND PERMIT AND IMPACT FEES FOR SINGLE-FAMILY AND COMPANION UNITS; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT

RESOLVED, BY THE SENIOR ASSEMBLY AND THE SENIOR SENATE, JOINTLY, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT ITS 2007 REGULAR SESSION, A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS VOTING THEREFOR, HEREBY PROPOSES THAT THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND PERMIT AND IMPACT FEES ON THESE UNITS BE STANDARDIZED AND MINIMIZED THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO CONFORM TO THE 2002 STATE LAW DESIGNED TO REMOVE OBSTACLES FOR GRANNY-FLAT OR COMPANION-UNIT CONSTRUCTION AND PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS IN CALIFORNIA; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESPECTFULLY MEMORIALIZES THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ENACT APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE CONCERNS SET FORTH IN THIS MEASURE; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT A COPY OF THIS MEASURE BE TRANSMITTED TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

 

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