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New: Wiener’s housing bill could encourage even more sprawl
Zelda Bronstein
Sunday July 25, 2021 - 08:00:00 PM
Read the fine print: Obscene development in Tassajara Valley could qualify for special protection under SB 10. Scott Wiener styles himself an environmental legislator. In February 2017, the then-rookie state senator averred that “having good, well-planned, transit-oriented, compact housing…[is] one of the most critical things we can be doing to meet our climate goals. It’s about driving less—about having to drive less.”
That rhetoric is hard to square with sprawl-inducing SB 10, which Wiener is carrying for its sponsor, California Yimby.
