Publication: San Francisco Chronicle
The Bay Area faces no challenge more vexing or vast than the need to create hundreds of thousands of new housing units, at all price levels, in ways that don’t undermine the cultural and environmental traits that make this region so desirable.
The topic inflames local politics and is dissected by think tanks. Newcomers vent from one perspective, longtime residents from another. The crush of high housing prices forces families and young adults to pack up and leave, fraying connections with relatives and friends.
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“Adding secondary units is one of the fastest, cheapest, most affordable ways to build housing,” said Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, who has filed two bills that, if approved, would streamline the process. “Everything else we’re talking about, the process drags out for years. These can happen very quickly all around the state.”