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California bill SB 79 became law this summer. Los Angeles is now required to allow apartment buildings near transit (infosec.pub)

submitted 22 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) by Fosss@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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SB 79 allows apartment buildings within a quarter to half-mile of subway, light rail, and bus rapid transit (BRT). Los Angeles tried to fight this bill but they failed.

https://www.planetizen.com/news/2025/08/135876-la-opposes-california-bill-add-housing-next-transit-hubs

https://www.facebook.com/latimes/posts/the-council-voted-8-to-5-to-oppose-state-senate-bill-79-which-seeks-to-mitigate-/1297317445768458/

One of the big objectives of SB 79 was not only to build a lot of new housing, but to help keep transit agencies afloat. Building more housing near transit stations will help with that, to the extent it will increase ridership.

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[–] Fosss@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Now the bad news

Cities can delay implementation of some provisions. And that's exactly what Los Angeles decided to do.

https://www.allenmatkins.com/real-ideas/the-city-of-los-angeles-seeks-to-delay-implementation-of-senate-bill-79-sb-79-until-2030.html

There are also concerns people will start opposing transit extensions

[–] BurbankBob@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

That's literally what's happening in Burbank right now.

https://laist.com/brief/news/transportation/metro-burbank-bus-olive-avenue

Burbank doesn't want to implement the BRT that they agreed to earlier because SB 79 would now make those stops covered for higher density housing opportunities (as well as taking away a car lane for a dedicated bus lane).

Their argument that if there's no dedicated bus lane, then it's just a regular bus and not subject to SB 79.