Karen Bass: “SB79 basically says you can build it in any residential…”

“And I feel, especially after all of the units that I talked about, we are on track to build housing. We need absolutely more housing built. But SB79 basically says you can build it in any residential area, and I don't believe that that is necessary in some areas. And I always talk about Sherman Oaks. They don't want their individual neighborhoods disrupted, but they are very open to building housing on their commercial strips.” (39:41–39:51)

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