Main finding
California's SB 35 created a faster and more certain approval path for qualifying projects, with especially visible use by affordable-housing developers.
156 approved or pending projects proposed more than 18,000 homes from 2018–2021
Streamlining Multifamily Housing Production in California
Manji & Finnigan
Most important limitation
Proposed units are not completed homes, users of the program are selected, and the report does not estimate a statewide causal effect.
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Figure 2 · Proposed SB 35 projects by year and approval status
Most reported SB 35 applications had received entitlements by the report's cutoff.
REDRAWN FROM STUDY DATAFigure 2 · Proposed SB 35 projects by year and approval status
| Application year | Approved | Pending | Rescinded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 25 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 37 | 20 | 0 |
| 2021 | 21 | 18 | 3 |
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Reference
Manji & Finnigan (2023). “Streamlining Multifamily Housing Production in California.”