"A Los Angeles County judge found that charter cities aren’t subject to Senate Bill 9, the 2021 “duplex” law that allows up to four homes to be built on a lot in single-family neighborhoods.
The law fails to accomplish its stated purpose of creating more affordable housing, and therefore, doesn’t meet the high bar of overriding local control over zoning, Superior Court Judge Curtis Kin said in a ruling released Wednesday, April 24.
SB 9 “is neither reasonably related to its stated concern of ensuring access to affordable housing nor narrowly tailored to avoid interference with local government,” Kin wrote.
The ruling applies only to the state’s 121 charter cities, not to more than 400 “general law” cities and counties operating without their own charters.
The ruling applies only to the state’s 121 charter cities, not to more than 400 “general law” cities and counties operating without their own charters.
Wiki notes: As of Jan 26, 2022, there were 482 incorporated municipalities in the state
Side Note: There are less cities and towns in California than in the State of Maine which has 528 cities and towns.