From no2rezone at list.omsoft.com Fri Apr 2 15:08:13 2021 From: no2rezone at list.omsoft.com (no2rezone at list.omsoft.com) Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 15:08:13 -0700 Subject: [No2rezone] Stop Upzoning: April 3 forum, April 6 Housing Element at City Council, April 15 forum Message-ID: Please attend the Tuesday, April 6 City Council meeting and call in to comment on the Housing Element - see phone number below. If don't already have a yard sign and would like one, please email No2Rezone at gmail.com. Saturday, April 3, 2021 Livable California Online forum: Is Sacramento City Hall really ending its single-family zoning to allow 4-to-6 units, a first in CA? Did they set off a domino effect in Berkeley, and uneasy talk in South San Francisco? Join Livable California's special guests addressing Sacramento's upzoning controversy on Saturday April 3 at 10 a.m.: * Maggie Coulter, Save Sacramento Neighborhoods * Kirk Vyverberg, Land Park Community Association * Chris Jones, Colonial Heights neighborhood - Why upzoning will not create affordability despite Sacramento City claims. - Why does upzoning result in downzoning diversity instead of encouraging diversity? - What can communities do? Click to register Tuesday, April 6, 5pm, City Council to address Housing Element The City's draft Housing Element calls for the elimination of single family zoning. Click for more information . Call (916) 808-7213 and Dial 8 to Make a Comment on Item 30 - also submit written comments to publiccomment at cityofSacramento.org 30. Submittal of Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element - 8-Year Housing Strategy to the California Department of Housing and Community Development File ID: 2021-00339 Location: Citywide Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution to authorizing the City Manager or City Manager's designee to submit the Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element to the California Department of Housing and Community Development for review and comment. Contact: Greta Soos, Assistant Planner, (916) 808-2027; Matt Hertel, AICP, Acting Long Range Planning Manager, (916) 808-7158, Community Development Department Item 30 - Submittal of Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element (PDF-23624 KB) Thursday, April 15, 2021, 6:30pm Online Community forum The Future of Sacramento Neighborhoods: Who will decide? Co-hosted by Save Sacramento Neighborhoods and East Sacramento Preservation Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqc-itqTgtHNRxAFeYcn-Nqc_fXewIKC9 6 The city of Sacramento is drafting a General Plan, including the Housing Element, to take effect in 2022. This plan proposes major changes affecting neighborhoods in Sacramento including: 1) ending single family zoning and neighborhoods by allowing up to six units on all single family lots, 2) eliminating residential and commercial requirements that off-street parking be provided for residents, customers, and clients; 3) replacing gas heating, cooling, cooking etc. with electric in all buildings, starting with new and then including new and existing, and 4) reducing lanes and available parking on certain major streets. Many Sacramentans are not aware of these changes or their implication for existing neighborhoods. This forum will summarize the City's proposals and rationale and then offer a careful look at the implications of these proposed changes. It will also include a review of legislative proposals to eliminate single family zoning statewide. Parts of the proposal plan have become increasingly controversial as residents become aware of the major changes to neighborhoods called for in the plan. The city advocates say that ending single family zoning will create affordable housing and right the wrongs of past racial discrimination. Opponents say the city provides no evidence for these claims, citing examples where upzoning has resulted in higher cost housing and more racial segregation and raising other concerns. For information supporting the proposed General Plan, click here. For information on concerns about the proposed General Plan, click here. Presenters include: Chris Jones is a resident of Colonial Heights in Sacramento since 2016, where he participates in several community organizations including the Colonial Heights Neighborhood Association, and Hope for Sacramento, a homelessness advocacy group. Chris currently holds a BS in Information Technology and an MB. He works as a Project Manager in the Healthcare/IT field. Maggie Coulter is with Save Sacramento Neighborhoods. She is president of the Elmhurst Neighborhood Association; has worked as a land use planner and in affordable housing for the CA Dept. of Housing and Community Development. She is a long/time Sacramento resident and peace, justice, and environmental activist. Emily Gabel-Luddy served for nearly 10 years on Burbank City Council, twice as Mayor, focusing on affordable housing issues. She has broad experience in planning as a zoning administrator, and urban designer during her 30 year career as a public servant. She volunteers as a legislative analyst for Livable California. Isaiah Madison is an urban planner and community organizer in South Los Angeles. He chairs his local Neighborhood Council planning committee, educating on pending legislation and development proposals. He serves on the Board of Livable California. For more information email: No2Rezone at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From no2rezone at list.omsoft.com Fri Apr 2 16:13:39 2021 From: no2rezone at list.omsoft.com (no2rezone at list.omsoft.com) Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 23:13:39 +0000 Subject: [No2rezone] Stop Upzoning: April 3 forum, April 6 Housing Element at City Council, April 15 forum In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good email. Nice job. I?m forwarding to some of my neighbors. I have a yard sign up. And I?ll write the City Council. Jim Randlett 1725 13th Ave Sacramento, CA On Apr 2, 2021, at 3:08 PM, no2rezone at list.omsoft.com wrote: Please attend the Tuesday, April 6 City Council meeting and call in to comment on the Housing Element ? see phone number below. If don?t already have a yard sign and would like one, please email No2Rezone at gmail.com. Saturday, April 3, 2021 Livable California Online forum: Is Sacramento City Hall really ending its single-family zoning to allow 4-to-6 units, a first in CA? Did they set off a domino effect in Berkeley, and uneasy talk in South San Francisco? Join Livable California?s special guests addressing Sacramento?s upzoning controversy on Saturday April 3 at 10 a.m.: ? Maggie Coulter, Save Sacramento Neighborhoods ? Kirk Vyverberg, Land Park Community Association ? Chris Jones, Colonial Heights neighborhood - Why upzoning will not create affordability despite Sacramento City claims. - Why does upzoning result in downzoning diversity instead of encouraging diversity? - What can communities do? Click to register Tuesday, April 6, 5pm, City Council to address Housing Element The City?s draft Housing Element calls for the elimination of single family zoning. Click for more information. Call (916) 808-7213 and Dial 8 to Make a Comment on Item 30 ? also submit written comments to publiccomment at cityofSacramento.org 30. Submittal of Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element - 8-Year Housing Strategy to the California Department of Housing and Community Development File ID: 2021-00339 Location: Citywide Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution to authorizing the City Manager or City Manager?s designee to submit the Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element to the California Department of Housing and Community Development for review and comment. Contact: Greta Soos, Assistant Planner, (916) 808-2027; Matt Hertel, AICP, Acting Long Range Planning Manager, (916) 808-7158, Community Development Department Item 30 - Submittal of Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element (PDF-23624 KB) Thursday, April 15, 2021, 6:30pm Online Community forum The Future of Sacramento Neighborhoods: Who will decide? Co-hosted by Save Sacramento Neighborhoods and East Sacramento Preservation Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqc-itqTgtHNRxAFeYcn-Nqc_fXewIKC96 The city of Sacramento is drafting a General Plan, including the Housing Element, to take effect in 2022. This plan proposes major changes affecting neighborhoods in Sacramento including: 1) ending single family zoning and neighborhoods by allowing up to six units on all single family lots, 2) eliminating residential and commercial requirements that off-street parking be provided for residents, customers, and clients; 3) replacing gas heating, cooling, cooking etc. with electric in all buildings, starting with new and then including new and existing, and 4) reducing lanes and available parking on certain major streets. Many Sacramentans are not aware of these changes or their implication for existing neighborhoods. This forum will summarize the City?s proposals and rationale and then offer a careful look at the implications of these proposed changes. It will also include a review of legislative proposals to eliminate single family zoning statewide. Parts of the proposal plan have become increasingly controversial as residents become aware of the major changes to neighborhoods called for in the plan. The city advocates say that ending single family zoning will create affordable housing and right the wrongs of past racial discrimination. Opponents say the city provides no evidence for these claims, citing examples where upzoning has resulted in higher cost housing and more racial segregation and raising other concerns. For information supporting the proposed General Plan, click here. For information on concerns about the proposed General Plan, click here. Presenters include: Chris Jones is a resident of Colonial Heights in Sacramento since 2016, where he participates in several community organizations including the Colonial Heights Neighborhood Association, and Hope for Sacramento, a homelessness advocacy group. Chris currently holds a BS in Information Technology and an MB. He works as a Project Manager in the Healthcare/IT field. Maggie Coulter is with Save Sacramento Neighborhoods. She is president of the Elmhurst Neighborhood Association; has worked as a land use planner and in affordable housing for the CA Dept. of Housing and Community Development. She is a long/time Sacramento resident and peace, justice, and environmental activist. Emily Gabel-Luddy served for nearly 10 years on Burbank City Council, twice as Mayor, focusing on affordable housing issues. She has broad experience in planning as a zoning administrator, and urban designer during her 30 year career as a public servant. She volunteers as a legislative analyst for Livable California. Isaiah Madison is an urban planner and community organizer in South Los Angeles. He chairs his local Neighborhood Council planning committee, educating on pending legislation and development proposals. He serves on the Board of Livable California. 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URL: From no2rezone at list.omsoft.com Fri Apr 2 17:26:45 2021 From: no2rezone at list.omsoft.com (no2rezone at list.omsoft.com) Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 17:26:45 -0700 Subject: [No2rezone] Stop Upzoning: April 3 forum, April 6 Housing Element at City Council, April 15 forum In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is the most ridiculous idea I?ve heard in a long time. Can someone tell me exactly who proposed this mess? And which City Council members support it? I?d like to give all those people some attention in the form of emails, phone calls, whatever! Sent from my iPad > On Apr 2, 2021, at 4:44 PM, no2rezone at list.omsoft.com wrote: > > ? Good email. Nice job. > > I?m forwarding to some of my neighbors. > > I have a yard sign up. And I?ll write the City Council. > > Jim Randlett > 1725 13th Ave > Sacramento, CA > >> On Apr 2, 2021, at 3:08 PM, no2rezone at list.omsoft.com wrote: >> >> Please attend the Tuesday, April 6 City Council meeting and call in to comment on the Housing Element ? see phone number below. >> >> If don?t already have a yard sign and would like one, please email No2Rezone at gmail.com. >> >> Saturday, April 3, 2021 Livable California Online forum: >> >> Is Sacramento City Hall really ending its single-family zoning to allow 4-to-6 units, a first in CA? Did they set off a domino effect in Berkeley, and uneasy talk in South San Francisco? >> >> Join Livable California?s special guests addressing Sacramento?s upzoning controversy on Saturday April 3 at 10 a.m.: >> ? Maggie Coulter, Save Sacramento Neighborhoods >> ? Kirk Vyverberg, Land Park Community Association >> ? Chris Jones, Colonial Heights neighborhood >> >> - Why upzoning will not create affordability despite Sacramento City claims. >> - Why does upzoning result in downzoning diversity instead of encouraging diversity? >> - What can communities do? >> >> Click to register >> >> Tuesday, April 6, 5pm, City Council to address Housing Element >> >> The City?s draft Housing Element calls for the elimination of single family zoning. Click for more information. >> >> Call (916) 808-7213 and Dial 8 to Make a Comment on Item 30 ? also submit written comments to publiccomment at cityofSacramento.org >> >> 30. >> Submittal of Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element - 8-Year Housing Strategy to the California Department of Housing and Community Development File ID: 2021-00339 >> Location: Citywide >> Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution to authorizing the City Manager or City Manager?s designee to submit the Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element to the California Department of Housing and Community Development for review and comment. >> Contact: Greta Soos, Assistant Planner, (916) 808-2027; Matt Hertel, AICP, Acting Long Range Planning Manager, (916) 808-7158, Community Development Department >> >> Item 30 - Submittal of Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element (PDF-23624 KB) >> >> Thursday, April 15, 2021, 6:30pm Online Community forum >> >> The Future of Sacramento Neighborhoods: Who will decide? >> >> Co-hosted by Save Sacramento Neighborhoods and East Sacramento Preservation >> >> Register in advance for this meeting: >> https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqc-itqTgtHNRxAFeYcn-Nqc_fXewIKC96 >> >> The city of Sacramento is drafting a General Plan, including the Housing Element, to take effect in 2022. This plan proposes major changes affecting neighborhoods in Sacramento including: >> 1) ending single family zoning and neighborhoods by allowing up to six units on all single family lots, >> 2) eliminating residential and commercial requirements that off-street parking be provided for residents, customers, and clients; >> 3) replacing gas heating, cooling, cooking etc. with electric in all buildings, starting with new and then including new and existing, and >> 4) reducing lanes and available parking on certain major streets. >> >> Many Sacramentans are not aware of these changes or their implication for existing neighborhoods. This forum will summarize the City?s proposals and rationale and then offer a careful look at the implications of these proposed changes. It will also include a review of legislative proposals to eliminate single family zoning statewide. >> >> Parts of the proposal plan have become increasingly controversial as residents become aware of the major changes to neighborhoods called for in the plan. The city advocates say that ending single family zoning will create affordable housing and right the wrongs of past racial discrimination. Opponents say the city provides no evidence for these claims, citing examples where upzoning has resulted in higher cost housing and more racial segregation and raising other concerns. >> >> For information supporting the proposed General Plan, click here. >> >> For information on concerns about the proposed General Plan, click here. >> >> Presenters include: >> >> Chris Jones is a resident of Colonial Heights in Sacramento since 2016, where he participates in several community organizations including the Colonial Heights Neighborhood Association, and Hope for Sacramento, a homelessness advocacy group. Chris currently holds a BS in Information Technology and an MB. He works as a Project Manager in the Healthcare/IT field. >> >> Maggie Coulter is with Save Sacramento Neighborhoods. She is president of the Elmhurst Neighborhood Association; has worked as a land use planner and in affordable housing for the CA Dept. of Housing and Community Development. She is a long/time Sacramento resident and peace, justice, and environmental activist. >> >> Emily Gabel-Luddy served for nearly 10 years on Burbank City Council, twice as Mayor, focusing on affordable housing issues. She has broad experience in planning as a zoning administrator, and urban designer during her 30 year career as a public servant. She volunteers as a legislative analyst for Livable California. >> >> Isaiah Madison is an urban planner and community organizer in South Los Angeles. He chairs his local Neighborhood Council planning committee, educating on pending legislation and development proposals. He serves on the Board of Livable California. >> >> For more information email: No2Rezone at gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> This email has been scanned for spam and viruses. 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URL: From no2rezone at list.omsoft.com Fri Apr 2 17:43:08 2021 From: no2rezone at list.omsoft.com (no2rezone at list.omsoft.com) Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 17:43:08 -0700 Subject: [No2rezone] Stop Upzoning: April 3 forum, April 6 Housing Element at City Council, April 15 forum In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Unsubscribe my email please. On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 5:26 PM wrote: > This is the most ridiculous idea I?ve heard in a long time. Can someone > tell me exactly who proposed this mess? And which City Council members > support it? I?d like to give all those people some attention in the form > of emails, phone calls, whatever! > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 2, 2021, at 4:44 PM, no2rezone at list.omsoft.com wrote: > > ? Good email. Nice job. > > I?m forwarding to some of my neighbors. > > I have a yard sign up. And I?ll write the City Council. > > Jim Randlett > 1725 13th Ave > Sacramento, CA > > On Apr 2, 2021, at 3:08 PM, no2rezone at list.omsoft.com wrote: > > Please attend the Tuesday, April 6 City Council meeting and call in to comment > on the Housing Element > > ? see phone number below. > > If don?t already have a yard sign > > and would like one, please email No2Rezone at gmail.com. > > *Saturday, April 3, 2021 Livable California > Online > forum:* > > Is Sacramento City Hall really ending its single-family zoning to allow > 4-to-6 units, a first in CA? Did they set off a domino effect in Berkeley, > and uneasy talk in South San Francisco? > > Join Livable California?s special guests addressing Sacramento?s upzoning > controversy on Saturday April 3 at 10 a.m.: > ? *Maggie Coulter, *Save Sacramento Neighborhoods > > ? *Kirk Vyverberg*, Land Park Community Association > > ? *Chris Jones*, Colonial Heights neighborhood > > > > - Why upzoning will not create affordability despite Sacramento City > claims. > - Why does upzoning result in downzoning diversity instead of encouraging > diversity > > ? > - What can communities do? > > Click to register > > > *Tuesday, April 6, 5pm, City Council to address Housing Element* > > The City?s draft Housing Element calls for the elimination of single > family zoning. Click for more information > > . > > *Call (916) 808-7213 and Dial 8 to Make a Comment on Item 30 ? also submit > written comments to publiccomment at cityofSacramento.org > * > > *30.* > *Submittal of Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element - 8-Year Housing Strategy to > the California Department of Housing and Community Development File ID: > 2021-00339* > *Location:* Citywide > *Recommendation:* Adopt a Resolution to authorizing the City Manager or > City Manager?s designee to submit the Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element to > the California Department of Housing and Community Development for review > and comment. > *Contact*: Greta Soos, Assistant Planner, (916) 808-2027; Matt Hertel, > AICP, Acting Long Range Planning Manager, (916) 808-7158, Community > Development Department > > Item 30 - Submittal of Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element (PDF-23624 KB) > > > *Thursday, April 15, 2021, 6:30pm Online Community forum* > > *The Future of Sacramento Neighborhoods: Who will decide?* > > > Co-hosted by Save Sacramento Neighborhoods > > and East Sacramento Preservation > > > Register in advance for this meeting: > > https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqc-itqTgtHNRxAFeYcn-Nqc_fXewIKC96 > > > The city of Sacramento is drafting a General Plan, including the Housing > Element, to take effect in 2022. This plan proposes major changes affecting > neighborhoods in Sacramento including: > 1) ending single family zoning and neighborhoods by allowing up to six > units on all single family lots, > 2) eliminating residential and commercial requirements that off-street > parking be provided for residents, customers, and clients; > 3) replacing gas heating, cooling, cooking etc. with electric in all > buildings, starting with new and then including new and existing, and > 4) reducing lanes and available parking on certain major streets. > > Many Sacramentans are not aware of these changes or their implication for > existing neighborhoods. This forum will summarize the City?s proposals and > rationale and then offer a careful look at the implications of these > proposed changes. It will also include a review of legislative proposals to > eliminate single family zoning statewide. > > Parts of the proposal plan have become increasingly controversial as > residents become aware of the major changes to neighborhoods called for in > the plan. The city advocates say that ending single family zoning will > create affordable housing and right the wrongs of past racial > discrimination. Opponents say the city provides no evidence for these > claims, citing examples where upzoning has resulted in higher cost housing > and more racial segregation and raising other concerns. > > For information supporting the proposed General Plan, click here > > . > > For information on concerns about the proposed General Plan, click here > > . > > Presenters include: > > Chris Jones is a resident of Colonial Heights in Sacramento since 2016, > where he participates in several community organizations including the > Colonial Heights Neighborhood Association, and Hope for Sacramento, a > homelessness advocacy group. Chris currently holds a BS in Information > Technology and an MB. He works as a Project Manager in the Healthcare/IT > field. > > Maggie Coulter is with Save Sacramento Neighborhoods. She is president of > the Elmhurst Neighborhood Association; has worked as a land use planner and > in affordable housing for the CA Dept. of Housing and Community > Development. She is a long/time Sacramento resident and peace, justice, and > environmental activist. > > Emily Gabel-Luddy served for nearly 10 years on Burbank City Council, > twice as Mayor, focusing on affordable housing issues. She has broad > experience in planning as a zoning administrator, and urban designer during > her 30 year career as a public servant. She volunteers as a legislative > analyst for Livable California. > > Isaiah Madison is an urban planner and community organizer in South Los > Angeles. He chairs his local Neighborhood Council planning committee, > educating on pending legislation and development proposals. He serves on > the Board of Livable California. > > For more information email: No2Rezone at gmail.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > This email has been scanned for spam and viruses. 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URL: From no2rezone at list.omsoft.com Tue Apr 20 22:19:54 2021 From: no2rezone at list.omsoft.com (no2rezone at list.omsoft.com) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:19:54 -0700 Subject: [Save Sacramento Neighborhoods] Take action re this Thursday April 22 hearings on making Sacramento & CA more dense Message-ID: For any questions or comments, please do not hit reply but email Save Sacramento Neighborhoods at No2Rezone at gmail.com. Thank you. In this message from Save Sacramento Neighborhoods: 1. Sacramento is proposing more densification of existing neighborhoods with its draft Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance to be heard by the city Planning & Design Commission this Thursday, April 22 at 5:30pm. (See below.) 2. Two State bills, SB 9 and SB 10, that adversely affect existing neighborhoods will be heard by the CA Senate Governance and Finance Committee this Thursday, April 22 at 10:30am. Attend the hearing if you can and tell Senator Pan (or your state senator) to oppose both bills. SB 9 will eliminate single family zoning and increase densities in existing neighborhoods statewide. This would override any local government zoning. (See below.) 3. The April 15 Webinar on the Future of Sacramento Neighborhoods can now be viewed on YouTube. 1. Sacramento Proposes More Densification with new ADU ordinance ?Tell your City Council person and the Sacramento Planning and Design Commission that you oppose the proposed increase in Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) square footage and reduced setbacks being proposed by City planners. Tell them that any deviations from the zoning requirements must be heard by the Planning Commission and City Council, not just decided administratively. Tell them you want the city?s ordinance to have the same requirements as the State law governing ADUs. This means that: - For detached ADUs, no more than 800 square feet can be exempted from lot coverage requirements. - For attached ADUs, the maximum floor area is the great of 50% of the primary unit or 800 sq feet (1 or less bedrooms) or 1000 (2 or more bedrooms). - The minimum side and rear yard setbacks must be 4 feet. - One parking space per ADU. ? If you can, attend the hearing this Thursday, April 22, 2021, 5:30pm. Once the meeting starts, you can click here to watch it. To give a verbal comment during the meeting, Call (916) 808-7213 and Dial 5 to Make a Comment on Item 5, which is: Ordinance Amending Various Sections of the Sacramento City Code Related to Accessory Dwelling Units (M21-001) (Noticed 04/09/21) File ID: 2021-00387 Contact info: Email your City Council member and the Planning and Design Commissioner for your City Council District - Planning Commissioner names and emails are here. Please cc gnorman at cityofsacramento.org, ecompton at cityofsacramento.org, and PublicComment at cityofSacramento.org Please bcc no2rezone at gmail.com Background Sacramento City Planners are proposing to: - Increase the exemption from lot coverage requirements from 800 square feet to 1200 square feet. (So more of the lot could be covered with a bigger ADU.) - Increase the maximum floor area for an attached ADU from the greater of 50% of the primary unit or 800/1000 sq ft to the greater of 50% or 1200 square feet. (So attached ADUs could be bigger.) - Reduce the side yard setback from 4 feet to 0-3 feet. (So ADUs could potentially be built on the rear or side property line if they are 60 feet from the front property line.) - Continue the parking exemption so that no onsite parking is required for an ADU. Click to read the staff report. Currently R-1 single family zoning has a maximum lot coverage of 40% or 2500 square feet, whichever is greater and minimum side yards of 5 feet. The city staff reports states that this new ADU ordinance ?cements the current ordinance?s provisions for processing ADUs and confirms these applications are subject to ministerial review without discretionary review if the ADU meeting all objective requirements.? This means that city employees review and approve ADUs without public input. If deviations are required, these should be resolved by a public body, not just city employees. Implications While State law has mandated that every residential parcel can have at least two ADUs, these were intended to be small units. Increasing the footprint of an ADU from 800 to 1200 sq feet is making these into 150% larger units. Many houses in Sacramento?s existing neighborhoods are less than 1200 sq. feet, so this proposal basically allows a detached second full unit, which could be a 3-bedroom house with no parking (because the city?s current ordinance exempts ADUs from parking requirements). This proposal will reduce open space between existing houses and increase density in existing neighborhoods. Reducing setbacks to 0 because the unit is at the back of a lot ignores the impact that will have on adjacent lots including reducing privacy and blocking light. The city staff report clearly states one of the goals to ?promote[s] residential infill in the City?s existing neighborhoods?. Typically infill is considered building on vacant lots but now the city is looking at all single family lots as ?underutilized? unless they have additional units. This goal is really an attack on single family neighborhoods, delegitimizing the choice and eventually removing the ability of living in a single family detached house that has some yard space. This proposed ADU ordinance would significantly densify all existing single family neighborhoods, particularly those with smaller lots. Justification The City is using the same justification for increasing the size of ADUs exempt from lot coverage as it is using to promote upzoning of single family neighborhoods to allow for up to six units. >From the staff report: ? ?Allowing two ADUs per parcel .. promotes residential infill in the City?s existing neighborhoods. Most of the infill development occurs in the older neighborhoods with larger parcels, helping to increase overall density levels throughout the city.? (Note that ?larger? is not defined and many older neighborhoods have small lots.) ??The City shall promote compact development patterns, mixed use, and higher-development intensities that use land efficiently, reduce pollution and automobile dependency and the expenditure of energy and other resources and facilitate walking, bicycling, and transit use.? (This move to make Sacramento a dense urban city is a radical departure from why many people moved here and is not necessarily what people want. Nor does packing people in guarantee that there will be less pollution, less automobile use, or less use of energy or other resources. Pollution and energy use might actually be increased by density particularly in Sacramento were trees and vegetation are key in both reducing heat and air pollution. And having moderate density neighborhoods clearly promotes walking and biking as it is safer on less crowded streets. Public transit would likely be used more if it were an efficient way to get around.) ? ?The City shall support an overall increase in average residential densities thorough the city.? (Again are Sacramentans really aware and supportive of this proposed densification affecting existing neighborhoods?) 2. SB 9 and SB 10 Both bills were discussed at the April 15, webinar Emily Gabel-Luddy and Isaiah Madison from Livable California. Attend the CA Senate Governance and Finance Committee hearing this Thursday, April 22 at 10:30am if you can. Tell Senator Pan to oppose both bills. senator.pan at senate.ca.gov (916) 651-4006. Excerpt from Livable California website * SB 9 (Atkins) Revives SB 1120. Ends single-family zoning to allow 6 units where 1 home is now. SB 9 is not a ?duplex? bill. State law allows two units already (AB 68), letting homeowners add a house in their yards, or turn their homes into duplexes. SB 9 encourages investors to bid against families, such as the pension funds now gobbling up homes. Facing withering criticism, SB 9?s author Toni Atkins, in a Sacramento Bee op-ed, said her bill gives ?homeowners the opportunity to reimagine their property.? Imagine, perhaps. But few families can finance full-sized homes in their yard. SB 9 is a copycat of SB 1120, the false ?duplex? bill misreported by journalists in 2020. It is a senseless gamble against 21M people living in homes they own. Strongly Oppose. Link to LC Position Letter * SB 10 (Wiener) Copycat of the defeated SB 902 in 2020, SB 10 lets a simple majority on a city council to override CEQA to allow 10-unit pricey market-rate apartments almost anywhere - state Sen. Scott Wiener?s obsession for the past three years. Perhaps even more outrageous, this strongly anti-environment bill allows a City Council to override voter-approved land-protection initiatives including urban boundaries and open space, an attack on our 108-year-old right to initiative. Strongly Oppose. Link to LC Position Letter 3. Click to view the April 15 webinar on the Future of Sacramento Neighborhoods. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From no2rezone at list.omsoft.com Wed Apr 21 15:02:09 2021 From: no2rezone at list.omsoft.com (no2rezone at list.omsoft.com) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:02:09 -0700 Subject: [Save Sacramento Neighborhoods] Take action on Sacramento & CA proposed densification laws - update from 4/20 alert Message-ID: Additions to yesterday?s (4/20) message: Although Planning Commissioners are appointed by District, the districts are not listed on the City?s website. The alert below has been modified to include emailing to all the Planning Commissioners: pdc.tyrone.buckley at gmail.com, rkutect at gmail.com, wangconnellypdc at gmail.com, dcovill at cbnorcal.com, PDC.Nicolina at gmail.com, lynnlenzi2 at gmail.com, aogilvie.sacpdc at gmail.com, phil.pluckebaum at gmail.com, kreed.pdc at gmail.com, mwallacepdc at gmail.com, jyeepdc at gmail.com From: Save Sacramento Neighborhoods ListServe Sent: April 20, 2021 Subject: Take action re this Thursday April 22 hearings on making Sacramento & CA more dense For any questions or comments, please email Save Sacramento Neighborhoods at No2Rezone at gmail.com. Thank you. In this message from Save Sacramento Neighborhoods: 1. Sacramento is proposing more densification of existing neighborhoods with its draft Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance to be heard by the city Planning & Design Commission this Thursday at 5:30pm. (See below.) 2. Two State bills, SB 9 and SB 10, that adversely affect existing neighborhoods will be heard by the CA Senate Governance and Finance Committee this Thursday, April 22 at 10:30am. Attend the hearing if you can and tell Senator Pan (or your state senator) to oppose both bills. SB 9 will eliminate single family zoning and increase densities in existing neighborhoods statewide. This would override any local government zoning. (See below.) 3. The April 15 Webinar on the Future of Sacramento Neighborhoods can now be viewed on YouTube. 1. Sacramento Proposes More Densification with new ADU ordinance ?Tell your City Council person and the Sacramento Planning and Design Commission that you oppose the proposed increase in Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) square footage and reduced setbacks being proposed by City planners. Tell them that any deviations from the zoning requirements must be heard by the Planning Commission and City Council, not just decided administratively. Tell them you want the city?s ordinance to have the same requirements as the State law governing ADUs. This means that: - For detached ADUs, no more than 800 square feet can be exempted from lot coverage requirements. - For attached ADUs, the maximum floor area is the great of 50% of the primary unit or 800 sq feet (1 or less bedrooms) or 1000 (2 or more bedrooms). - The minimum side and rear yard setbacks must be 4 feet. - One parking space per ADU. Note that State law already exempts all ADUs from parking requirements, so no additional onsite parking is required for any ADU, regardless of the number of bedrooms. ? If you can, attend the hearing this Thursday, April 22, 2021, 5:30pm. Once the meeting starts, you can click here to watch it. To give a verbal comment during the meeting, Call (916) 808-7213 and Dial 5 to Make a Comment on Item 5, which is: Ordinance Amending Various Sections of the Sacramento City Code Related to Accessory Dwelling Units (M21-001) (Noticed 04/09/21) File ID: 2021-00387. ? Please email your City Council member and the Planning Commissioners even if it is after the April 22 hearing. The draft ordinance will still go to the City Council. Contact info: Email your City Council member and the Planning and Design Commissioners, here are their emails: pdc.tyrone.buckley at gmail.com, rkutect at gmail.com, wangconnellypdc at gmail.com, dcovill at cbnorcal.com, PDC.Nicolina at gmail.com, lynnlenzi2 at gmail.com, aogilvie.sacpdc at gmail.com, phil.pluckebaum at gmail.com, kreed.pdc at gmail.com, mwallacepdc at gmail.com, jyeepdc at gmail.com Please cc gnorman at cityofsacramento.org, ecompton at cityofsacramento.org, and PublicComment at cityofSacramento.org Please bcc no2rezone at gmail.com Background Sacramento City Planners are proposing to: - Increase the exemption from lot coverage requirements from 800 square feet to 1200 square feet. (So more of the lot could be covered with a bigger ADU.) - Increase the maximum floor area for an attached ADU from the greater of 50% of the primary unit or 800/1000 sq ft to the greater of 50% or 1200 square feet. (So attached ADUs could be bigger.) - Reduce the side yard setback from 4 feet to 0-3 feet. (So ADUs could potentially be built on the rear or side property line if they are 60 feet from the front property line.) Click to read the staff report. Currently R-1 single family zoning has a maximum lot coverage of 40% or 2500 square feet, whichever is greater and minimum side yards of 5 feet. The city staff reports states that this new ADU ordinance ?cements the current ordinance?s provisions for processing ADUs and confirms these applications are subject to ministerial review without discretionary review if the ADU meeting all objective requirements.? This means that city employees review and approve ADUs without public input. If deviations are required, these should be resolved by a public body, not just city employees. Implications While State law has mandated that every residential parcel can have at least two ADUs, these were intended to be small units. Increasing the footprint of an ADU from 800 to 1200 sq feet is making these into 150% larger units. Many houses in Sacramento?s existing neighborhoods are less than 1200 sq. feet, so this proposal basically allows a detached second full unit, which could be a 3-bedroom house with no parking (because the city?s current ordinance exempts ADUs from parking requirements). This proposal will reduce open space between existing houses and increase density in existing neighborhoods. Reducing setbacks to 0 because the unit is at the back of a lot ignores the impact that will have on adjacent lots including reducing privacy and blocking light. The city staff report clearly states one of the goals to ?promote[s] residential infill in the City?s existing neighborhoods?. Typically infill is considered building on vacant lots but now the city is looking at all single family lots as ?underutilized? unless they have additional units. This goal is really an attack on single family neighborhoods, delegitimizing the choice and eventually removing the ability of living in a single family detached house that has some yard space. This proposed ADU ordinance would significantly densify all existing single family neighborhoods, particularly those with smaller lots. Justification The City is using the same justification for increasing the size of ADUs exempt from lot coverage as it is using to promote upzoning of single family neighborhoods to allow for up to six units. >From the staff report: ? ?Allowing two ADUs per parcel .. promotes residential infill in the City?s existing neighborhoods. Most of the infill development occurs in the older neighborhoods with larger parcels, helping to increase overall density levels throughout the city.? (Note that ?larger? is not defined and many older neighborhoods have small lots.) ??The City shall promote compact development patterns, mixed use, and higher-development intensities that use land efficiently, reduce pollution and automobile dependency and the expenditure of energy and other resources and facilitate walking, bicycling, and transit use.? (This move to make Sacramento a dense urban city is a radical departure from why many people moved here and is not necessarily what people want. Nor does packing people in guarantee that there will be less pollution, less automobile use, or less use of energy or other resources. Pollution and energy use might actually be increased by density particularly in Sacramento were trees and vegetation are key in both reducing heat and air pollution. And having moderate density neighborhoods clearly promotes walking and biking as it is safer on less crowded streets. Public transit would likely be used more if it were an efficient way to get around.) ? ?The City shall support an overall increase in average residential densities thorough the city.? (Again are Sacramentans really aware and supportive of this proposed densification affecting existing neighborhoods?) 2. SB 9 and SB 10 Both bills were discussed at the April 15, webinar Emily Gabel-Luddy and Isaiah Madison from Livable California. Attend the CA Senate Governance and Finance Committee hearing this Thursday, April 22 at 10:30am if you can. Tell Senator Pan to oppose both bills. senator.pan at senate.ca.gov (916) 651-4006. (Please email Senator Pan even if after the April 22 hearing as these bills still have to go to the Senate floor.) Excerpt from Livable California website ? SB 9 (Atkins) Revives SB 1120. Ends single-family zoning to allow 6 units where 1 home is now. SB 9 is not a ?duplex? bill. State law allows two units already (AB 68), letting homeowners add a house in their yards, or turn their homes into duplexes. SB 9 encourages investors to bid against families, such as the pension funds now gobbling up homes. Facing withering criticism, SB 9?s author Toni Atkins, in a Sacramento Bee op-ed, said her bill gives ?homeowners the opportunity to reimagine their property.? Imagine, perhaps. But few families can finance full-sized homes in their yard. SB 9 is a copycat of SB 1120, the false ?duplex? bill misreported by journalists in 2020. It is a senseless gamble against 21M people living in homes they own. Strongly Oppose. Link to LC Position Letter ? SB 10 (Wiener) Copycat of the defeated SB 902 in 2020, SB 10 lets a simple majority on a city council to override CEQA to allow 10-unit pricey market-rate apartments almost anywhere ? state Sen. Scott Wiener?s obsession for the past three years. Perhaps even more outrageous, this strongly anti-environment bill allows a City Council to override voter-approved land-protection initiatives including urban boundaries and open space, an attack on our 108-year-old right to initiative. Strongly Oppose. Link to LC Position Letter 3. Click to view the April 15 webinar on the Future of Sacramento Neighborhoods. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: