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Recent housing coverage from Yuba-Sutter, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
The council unanimously approved a joint application that staff said could help close a financing gap for the 79-unit project at 428 North Walton Avenue.
The Planning Commission agenda puts two countywide housing-code amendments before Sutter County commissioners, including changes for special-needs housing and broader zoning and housing code updates.
A July 7 resolution would authorize a joint state housing application with Habitat for Humanity Yuba/Sutter for Merriment Village Phase 1 at 428 North Walton Avenue.
SB 1090 cleared the committee 10-0 after supporters and opponents clashed over whether the bill would protect fire survivors or limit rebuilding options.
The Local Government Committee sent the bill forward on a 6-0 vote after debate over whether housing and homelessness coordination should be set by state law or left to local governments.
At a June 24 Assembly hearing, Sacramento city and county officials, advocates and service providers lined up behind SB 802, while Sacramento Act’s Alicia Deans recorded opposition.
The county board gave final approval to a five-year agreement tied to state preservation funding for capital improvements at the Yuba City facility.
The Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee approved the bill 11-0 as amended and sent it to Appropriations after testimony about housing and development impacts in the high desert.
Committee leaders said the package balances the next two years, leans on about $5 billion in additional current-year revenue and adds to school funding before floor action.
Supporters from housing, land-use and local government groups said the bill would help fill an affordable-housing financing gap and could fit into a broader state bond strategy.
Supervisors unanimously adopted ordinances clearing the way for Ross Ranch Phase 3-5 and Phase 1 to move forward.
The 3-1 vote clears the city’s 2021-2029 housing plan for submission to the Department of Housing and Community Development after a state review letter.
Sen. Grayson’s bill would require local jurisdictions to credit prior site uses when redevelopment or adaptive-reuse projects are charged mitigation fees.
Council’s June 3 agenda puts the 2021-2029 Housing Element back before members after the Planning Commission’s unanimous recommendation and a state review cycle that produced a conditional compliance letter.
The May 26 agenda also includes support for a statehood resolution and an amended agreement to create a regional housing authority.
At an Assembly hearing on the SB 254 report, wildfire survivors urged faster compensation and emergency housing relief financed by utilities rather than taxpayers.
AB 2038 moved on the Assembly floor May 11, extending post-wildfire insurance protections for homeowners facing cancellation pressure after a disaster.
The measure cleared the Housing and Community Development Committee after testimony on Santa Clara County's prevention system and a broader debate over prevention versus shelter costs.
Assembly subcommittee members held open a proposal to move staff and General Fund resources from HCD to HDFC, while housing groups pressed for changes to the transfer date, tax-credit oversight and bond-cap allocation.
The committee approved the bill after testimony that 32 of 157 associations reviewed would face special assessments in 2025.
Supervisors used restricted county funds to meet a local match requirement tied to the planned Willow Glen residential treatment project.
