Some California publicly-owned golf courses may soon be turned into affordable housing sites under a proposed state assembly bill.
Assembly Bill 1910—proposed by Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) in February—passed in the Assembly Local Government Committee on April 28 after a 5–2 vote.
“Dense urban communities like mine have very few feasible spaces left to build, the state and local governments need to start thinking outside the box when it comes to building housing units,” Garcia said in a statement.
The proposed bill would be applicable to publicly-owned golf courses—about 250 out of the total 1,100 in the state—and incentivize local governments to transform these sites into affordable housing units, according to an April 26 bill analysis.
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