A San Jose mayoral candidate is campaigning against a controversial state law to alter zoning in single-family neighborhoods. By essentially nullifying that document it silences our community voices,” Davis told San José Spotlight, referring to the city’s general plan. “It’s just really important for San Jose to build the density where we have planned for it, and with public input,” she said. San Jose officials promised to build 25,000 new homes—10,000 affordable—by 2023, but the city is well below that threshold. “That does not create equity—sorry, it doesn’t,” she told San José Spotlight.

Source: New York Times November 23, 2021 16:04 UTC