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ACTION ALERT - SB 15 hearing SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY MARCH 18. Testify and send your letters of SUPPORT for SB 15 (Portantino)!
Chaired by Senator Scott Wiener, the California Senate Housing Committee will discuss and take action on SB 15, a forward-thinking bill that will increase workforce housing production.
Click on the button below where YOU can submit your letter in under a minute to Chairman Scott Wiener and members of the Senate Housing Committee.
BizFed STRONGLY SUPPORTS SB 15 (Portantino) as it will provide sales tax rebates to local governments when they convert idle commercial sites and buildings to workforce housing.
Testimony call-in information pending by committee. Information to follow.
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Background
SB 15 (Portantino): SB 15 will enable local cities to receive from HCD the average of the annual amount of sales tax revenue generated by that site for the last seven (7) years if the site has been converted and occupied with new housing. The city would receive that average amount for a total of seven years.
Who is on the California Senate Housing Committee?
Senator Scott D. Wiener (Chair)
Senator Patricia C. Bates (Vice Chair)
Senator Anna M. Caballero
Senator Dave Cortese
Senator Mike McGuire
Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh
Senator Nancy Skinner
Senator Thomas J. Umberg
Senator Bob Wieckowski
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