California Senate Bill 50 (2019)

California Senate Bill 50 (2019)
California State Legislature
Full name	Planning and zoning: housing development: streamlined approval: incentives[1]
Introduced	December 3, 2018
Senate voted	18–15–6
Website	Bill Information
Status: Not passed (Defeated in the California Senate on January 31, 2020)

California Senate Bill 50 (SB 50) was a proposed California bill that would have preempted local government control of land zoning near public transit stations and jobs centers. The bill would have also required, at minimum, four-plex residential zoning statewide. The bill was the successor to a similar bill introduced by state senator Scott Wiener in January 2018 as Senate Bill 827 (SB 827); both would have applied to areas within one-half-mile (0.8 km) of frequent transit corridors, including rail stations and bus routes. The bills were sponsored by California YIMBY, a pro-housing lobbying group^[2][3] while they were opposed by local governments, anti-gentrification activists, and suburban homeowners. The bills were written in response to an ongoing housing affordability crisis in California's largest urban areas.^[4]

Senate Bill 827 failed to advance from the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee in April 2018, effectively killing it.^[5]

In 2019 and 2020, Senator Wiener attempted to pass Senate Bill 50 multiple times both in committee and on the senate floor, culminating in an unsuccessful floor vote on January 31, 2020, which resulted in the bill's demise.^[6]