A new California law will make it faster and easier for developers to build multi-family housing near transit stations, potentially transforming neighborhoods like the area around the Clairemont trolley station.
Governor Newsom signed SB 79 into law, allowing developers to build more multi-family housing — including high-rises — than what local rules currently allow near transit stops. The law will take effect in July of next year.
“We have added thousands upon thousands of new jobs in San Diego. It’s the biotech, life sciences, defense, but across the entire state, but we haven’t added enough housing to accommodate these new jobs,” said Saad Asad, who works for California YIMBY, an organization that supports the new law…