collapsedsquid:

SB 9 has numerous exceptions and limitations, though, that are designed to preserve rental and low-income housing, deter speculators, guard against displacement and retain local governments’ control over design standards while also preventing local officials from adopting rules that undermine the law. These include:

Anyone applying to subdivide a lot must commit to living in one of the units there for at least three years.

That seems like such a weird requirement and I’m not sure what it’s supposed to do

The idea is make “homeowner with a yard big enough to put another house on does so” possible but not “capital seeking return flows into real estate operations that actively seek out and acquire lots that meet minimum requirements for subdivision because they’re valuing them on the basis of selling 2, thus extracting a huge profit by systematically maximizing the built density of all California residential neighborhoods”