State lawmakers targeted a Santa Barbara development. Then came the fallout
State lawmakers used SB 158 to require an environmental impact study that effectively targeted and impeded a large Santa Barbara apartment development, prompting a lawsuit.
Scott Wiener has been cast as the upzoning heavy. He's fine with that.
Sen. Scott Wiener’s state housing laws limit local control and force denser development, pressuring San Francisco to upzone to avoid state intervention.
