San Diego has become a model for other cities in California seeking to increase housing production and reduce delays, by restructuring its planning and permitting processes, conducting full environmental analysis upfront, and providing density bonuses for projects near major transit hubs.
A new report from UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation reveals that California’s complex and fragmented affordable housing finance system is significantly increasing development costs and delaying construction, with each additional public funding source adding an average of four months to the development timeline and $20,460 to per-unit total development costs.
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