“Only five of 109 jurisdictions had their housing plans approved by the state by the Jan. 31 deadline.”
Miss the state deadline for a housing plan and property owners get to skip most local zoning. That is the builder’s remedy, and 104 Bay Area jurisdictions just walked into it, San Jose and all of Marin included. The big-developer invasion never showed up. The first test case is a Los Altos Hills homeowner who wants 20 units on his 1.8 acres, and his architect expects to sue to get it built.