<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-2022-jp"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Georgia;
panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
text-decoration:none none;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><a name="_Hlk69833510"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For any questions or comments, please do not hit reply but email Save Sacramento Neighborhoods at </span></i></a><a href="mailto:No2Rezone@gmail.com"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>No2Rezone@gmail.com</span></i></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>In this message from Save Sacramento Neighborhoods:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1. Sacramento is proposing more densification</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> of existing neighborhoods with its draft Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance to be heard by the city </span></span><a href="http://sacramento.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=21"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Planning & Design Commission this Thursday, April 22 at 5:30pm.</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> (See below.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2. Two State bills, SB 9 and SB 10, that adversely affect existing neighborhoods</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> will be heard by the </span></span><a href="https://sgf.senate.ca.gov/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>CA Senate Governance and Finance Committee</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> this Thursday, April 22 at 10:30am. Attend the hearing if you can and tell Senator Pan (or </span></span><a href="http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>your state senator</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>) 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.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>3. The April 15 </span></b></span><a href="https://youtu.be/ueeaLMe7fEY"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Webinar on the Future of Sacramento Neighborhoods</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> can now be viewed on YouTube.</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1. Sacramento Proposes More Densification with new ADU ordinance<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>$B!|(BTell your </span></span><a href="https://www.cityofsacramento.org/Mayor-Council/Find-Your-District"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>City Council person</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> and the </span></span><a href="https://www.cityofsacramento.org/Community-Development/Meetings/Planning-and-Design"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sacramento Planning and Design Commission</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> that you oppose the proposed increase in Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) square footage and reduced setbacks being proposed by City planners. Tell them that any deviations from the zoning requirements must be heard by the Planning Commission and City Council, not just decided administratively.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tell them you want the city$B!G(Bs ordinance to have the same requirements as the </span></span><a href="https://www.hcd.ca.gov/policy-research/accessorydwellingunits.shtml"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>State law governing ADUs</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. This means that: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>- For detached ADUs, no more than 800 square feet can be exempted from lot coverage requirements. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>- <a name="_Hlk69845013">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). <o:p></o:p></a></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69845013'></span><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>- The minimum side and rear yard setbacks must be 4 feet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>- One parking space per ADU. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>$B!|(B If you can, attend the hearing this Thursday, April 22, 2021, 5:30pm. Once the meeting starts, you can </span></span><a href="http://sacramento.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=21"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>click here to watch it</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. 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<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Contact info:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Email your </span></span><a href="https://www.cityofsacramento.org/Mayor-Council/Find-Your-District"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>City Council member</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> and the Planning and Design Commissioner for your </span></span><a href="https://www.cityofsacramento.org/Mayor-Council/Find-Your-District"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>City Council District </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>– Planning Commissioner names and emails </span></span><a href="https://www.cityofsacramento.org/Community-Development/Meetings/Planning-and-Design"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>are here</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. <br>Please cc </span></span><a href="mailto:gnorman@cityofsacramento.org"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>gnorman@cityofsacramento.org</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>, </span></span><a href="mailto:ecompton@cityofsacramento.org"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>ecompton@cityofsacramento.org</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>, and </span></span><a href="mailto:PublicComment@cityofSacramento.org"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>PublicComment@cityofSacramento.org</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please bcc </span></span><a href="mailto:no2rezone@gmail.com"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>no2rezone@gmail.com</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Background<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sacramento City Planners are proposing to:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>- 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.) <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>- 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.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>- 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.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>- Continue the parking exemption so that no onsite parking is required for an ADU.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><a href="https://sacramento.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=21&event_id=3981&meta_id=624298"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Click to read the staff report</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The city staff reports states that this new ADU ordinance $B!H(Bcements the current ordinance$B!G(Bs provisions for processing ADUs and confirms these applications are subject to ministerial review without discretionary review if the ADU meeting all objective requirements.$B!I(B This means that city employees review and approve ADUs without public input. If deviations are required, these should be resolved by a public body, not just city employees.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Implications<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>While State law has mandated that every residential parcel can have at least two ADUs, these were intended to be small units. Increasing the footprint of an ADU from 800 to 1200 sq feet is making these into 150% larger units. Many houses in Sacramento$B!G(Bs 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$B!G(Bs current ordinance exempts ADUs from parking requirements). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The city staff report clearly states one of the goals to $B!H(Bpromote[s] residential infill in the City$B!G(Bs existing neighborhoods$B!I(B. Typically infill is considered building on vacant lots but now the city is looking at all single family lots as $B!H(Bunderutilized$B!I(B 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. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>This proposed ADU ordinance would significantly densify all existing single family neighborhoods, particularly those with smaller lots.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Justification<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>From the staff report:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>$B"#(B $B!H(BAllowing two ADUs per parcel .. promotes residential infill in the City$B!G(Bs existing neighborhoods. Most of the infill development occurs in the older neighborhoods with larger parcels, helping to increase overall density levels throughout the city.$B!I(B <br><i>(Note that $B!H(Blarger$B!I(B is not defined and many older neighborhoods have small lots.)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>$B"#!H(BThe City shall promote compact development patterns, mixed use, and higher-development intensities that use land efficiently, reduce pollution and automobile dependency and the expenditure of energy and other resources and facilitate walking, bicycling, and transit use.$B!I(B<br><i>(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. <br>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.<br>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.)<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>$B"#(B $B!H(BThe City shall support an overall increase in average residential densities thorough the city.$B!I(B<br><i>(Again are Sacramentans really aware and supportive of this proposed densification affecting existing neighborhoods?)<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69833510'></span><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2. SB 9 and SB 10</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Both bills were discussed at the <a href="https://youtu.be/ueeaLMe7fEY">April 15, webinar</a> Emily Gabel-Luddy and Isaiah Madison from Livable California. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Attend the <a href="https://sgf.senate.ca.gov/">CA Senate Governance and Finance Committee</a> hearing this Thursday, April 22 at 10:30am if you can.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="https://sd06.senate.ca.gov/contact/email">Tell Senator Pan</a> to oppose both bills. </span><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'><a href="mailto:senator.pan@senate.ca.gov">senator.pan@senate.ca.gov</a></span></u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white'>(916) 651-4006.</span><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333;background:white'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.livablecalifornia.org/portfolio-items/2021-bills-lc-tracked/">Excerpt from Livable California website</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>• SB 9 </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>(Atkins) <b>Revives SB 1120. </b>Ends single-family zoning to allow 6 units where 1 home is now. SB 9 is not a $B!H(Bduplex$B!I(B 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 <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-sell-a-house-these-days-the-buyer-might-be-a-pension-fund-11617544801"><span style='color:#4068AD'>pension funds now gobbling up homes</span></a>. Facing withering criticism, SB 9$B!G(Bs author Toni Atkins, in a <i>Sacramento Bee</i> op-ed, said her bill gives $B!H(Bhomeowners the opportunity to reimagine their property.$B!I(B <i>Imagine</i>, perhaps. But few families can finance full-sized homes in their yard. SB 9 is <a href="https://www.livablecalifornia.org/sb-1120-sold-as-a-duplex-bill-would-have-disrupted-home-ownership-among-21m-californians/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4068AD'>a copycat of SB 1120, the false $B!H(Bduplex$B!I(B bill misreported by journalists in 2020</span></a>. It is a <a href="https://www.livablecalifornia.org/sb-9-sb-10-a-misguided-attack-on-socals-black-and-latino-homeowners/"><span style='color:#4068AD'>senseless gamble against 21M people living in homes they own</span></a>. <b>Strongly Oppose.</b> <a href="https://www.livablecalifornia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/LC-Oppose-SB-9-as-Amended-4_5_21-Final-4_9_21.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4068AD'>Link to LC Position Letter</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>• SB 10</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'> (Wiener) <b>Copycat of the defeated SB 902 in 2020</b>, 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$B!G(Bs obsession for the past three years. Perhaps even more outrageous, this strongly anti-environment bill <a href="https://www.livablecalifornia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/LC-Oppose-SB-9-as-Amended-4_5_21-Final-4_9_21.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4068AD'>allows a City Council to override voter-approved land-protection initiatives including urban boundaries and open space,</span></a> an attack on our 108-year-old right to initiative. <b>Strongly Oppose</b>. <a href="https://www.livablecalifornia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Livable-California-Oppose-SB-10-final-3_11_21.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4068AD'>Link to LC Position Letter</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>3. <a href="https://youtu.be/ueeaLMe7fEY">Click to view</a> the April 15 webinar on the Future of Sacramento Neighborhoods.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>