LEGISLATIVE NEWS

The South Shores Community Association in San Pedro, CA exists to enhance the daily lives of our community members by fostering a sense of “pride in belonging” to a community that cares about one another and seeks to nurture our spirit of neighborliness.

With this purpose in mind, we feel it is important to make sure that the residents are aware of CA State legislative actions that are happening which may effect your community. The information presented here is for informational purpose only. SSCA is a politically neutral entity and does not take a position either for or against any item posted below.

YOU’RE INVITED

The Vincent Thomas Bridge (VTB) Deck Replacement Project studied the effects that the project may have on the environment and the community. The results of these studies are contained in the Draft Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Assessment (Draft EIR/EA), which is available for public review and comment from Tuesday, April 16, to Monday, July 15,
2024. To view the document, please visit virtualeventroom.com/caltrans/vtb/

Join the project team at a public hearing (one virtual and two in-person) where attendees will have the opportunity to listen to a presentation regarding the Draft EIR/EA results and provide comments with a court reporter. The same information will be presented at each public hearing.

Updates from Councileman’s Office

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Learn what is happening in Sacramento and the district, as well as the services that can be provided to you.

YIMBY Lawsuit Update

United Neighbors- information 2/19/2025 Hi All, As we prepare to face new challenges this year, we wanted to send links to some articles you might not have seen.  One…

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SB 79 on Watchlist

Currently, we are watching SB 79 introduced two weeks ago by Scott Wiener. The language of this bill is very ambiguous but suggests an attempt to rezone residential neighborhoods near transit corridors. Similar to the “options” that we fought during the Housing Element process

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SB 9 – The California Home Act – Update

Now the Planning Department has decided to change that criteria and remove the date for eligibility completely so that anytime a religious institution buys land in any area including single family neighborhoods they can build apartments

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United Neighbors – SB 4 – Update

Now the Planning Department has decided to change that criteria and remove the date for eligibility completely so that anytime a religious institution buys land in any area including single family neighborhoods they can build apartments

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United Neighbors – March 2024 Update

Recently, we sent you the guidelines we hope will be adopted for the draft Ordinance for ED 1. Our goal is to get guidelines into the Ordinance that will protect our communities from some of the more outrageous projects seeking ED 1 approval.

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