MEDIA ADVISORY: Circulate Planning & Policy to Announce New Report on California Housing Policy

MEDIA ADVISORY - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: 

Colin Parent — (619) 567-6856, [email protected]

Aria Grossman — (619) 736-0072, [email protected]

In-Person Press Conference and Online Briefing to Announce Release of Circulate Planning & Policy’s Latest Report on California Housing Policy

San Diego—TODAY, Circulate Planning & Policy will host an in-person press conference and an online media and policy professional briefing to discuss the publication of their latest report.

The report is titled “Win-Win Bonus: How Bonus Law quietly transformed California’s housing approvals.” It will be published online after the press conference. Embargoed copies are available upon request.

The report documents the success of California Density Bonus Law (Bonus Law), which provides homebuilders with a package of benefits if their projects include deed-restricted affordable homes.

Never-before seen data shows that Bonus Law has become the most widely used streamlining law in California. The report documents how Bonus Law was used to approve over 140,000 homes in the past four years.

When:

• In-person press conference on Friday, April 10, at 9:00 am
• Online media briefing on Friday, April 10, at 11:00 am.

Where:  

• In-person press conference: One Mississippi Apartments, 4234 Mississippi St, San Diego, CA 92104
  • Parking can be difficult, so please arrive early. There is a temporary loading zone in the front of the building for media equipment.
• Online media briefing: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89689805711?pwd=Dcfl9h9sRjlcGiao0EPZbLEYXpMy4y.1

Who:

In-Person Press Conference

• Assemblymember Chris Ward, 78^th Assembly District
• Colin Parent, Report author and CEO, Circulate Planning & Policy
• Francis Barraza, Vice President of Policy, San Diego Housing Commission
• Sirpirina King, Resident, One Mississippi Apartments
• Maria Walker, Associate Planner, Circulate Planning & Policy, available for interviews in Spanish

Virtual Briefing                           

• Colin Parent, CEO, Circulate Planning & Policy
• William Fulton, Co-Director, Center for Housing Policy and Design Professor of Practice, UC San Diego
• Michael Lane, State Policy Director, SPUR
• Mahdi Manji, Director of Public Policy, Inner City Law Center (from LA)

Visuals

• Press conference event at an affordable housing development
• Elected official and affordable housing resident speaking at a podium
• Poster sized graphics of the report cover
• Charts showing growth in Bonus Law use

 

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