Keep Housing Permitting Going!

Governor Newsom’s Covid-19 shelter in place order recognized housing as essential infrastructure and therefore explicitly allowed construction to go forward. However, the California League of Cities, is advocating for permission to delay housing permitting for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency orders. Here is their letter to Governor Newsom making this request.

We oppose this request. Because housing is essential infractructure, every part of the housing production process should continue during the state of emergency. It doesn’t make sense for different parts of the pipeline to operate under different rules. Moreover, planners can work from home, so there is no public health reason to arrest housing permitting.

Read our coalition letter here. We sent this April 1. If you would like to sign onto this letter, email sonja@yimbylaw.org.