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California SB9 Lot Splits

Statewide lot-split law produced negligible supply.

Housing & ZoningState SenateLiberty check

D · 11/24

1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)

Allow lot splits and duplexes to add homes.

2 · The realist counter-case

Critics said fees and owner-occupancy rules would smother it.

3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats

Terner Center found negligible new supply; $30k-100k fees and owner-occupancy bind.

4 · Liberty check

Nominally expands owner rights but with binding strings.

5 · The real tradeoff

A how-not-to next to ADU success.

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