ABAG’s Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program has developed the following resources to help planning staff develop or refine objective design standards for multi-family residential and mixed
ABAG’s Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program has developed the following resources to help planning staff develop or refine objective design standards.
This is an integrated catalog of Senate Bill 9 (SB 9) standards which are intended to be customized for local jurisdiction use. For ease of understanding, the standards are presented as a
In pursuit of increased housing production, state law now requires many local housing approval decisions to be based on objective standards. To comply with state law, local jurisdictions must ensure
The Housing Accountability Act and Senate Bill No. 35 (SB 35) have added significant new requirements to already busy planning departments, but have not yet provided guidance on how to comply. This
State housing legislation, combined with lawsuits focusing on local development review, increase the importance of translating city goals and guidelines for Priority Development Areas (PDAs) into
