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LOHA has completed Canyon Drive, a row of sculptural homes in Los Angeles that is meant to explore possibilities for the "small lot subdivision typology".
PLANNING DEBACLE-Housing has been a hot topic in Sacramento over the last few years.
The California Legislature has produced scores of bills dealing with this issue, and their merits have been hotly debated. Unfortunately, some of these proposals have been reckless efforts to negate local planning by imposing mandatory upzoning. SB 9 is one such bill, and unless something happens to stop its momentum, it could become law by the end of the year.
SB 9 would allow by-right approval of two dwelling units on lots zoned for single-family homes. It would also allow these lots to be split in two, meaning a total of four units could be built where zoning previously allowed only one. According to its authors, the bill “[P]rovides options for homeowners by streamlining the process for a homeowner to create a duplex or subdivide an existing lot. [….] SB 9 strikes an appropriate balance between respecting local control and creating an environment and opportunity for neighborho