In a response to California’s continuing housing crisis, San Diego Assemblymember Chris Ward has introduced legislation to streamline the review and issuance of permits needed to build new homes.
Ward introduced Assembly Bill 253 — the Residential Private Permitting Review Act — last week to allow developers and homeowners to enlist licensed third-party professionals to expedite the permitting process in cases where it would take a local building department longer than 30 days to conduct a review.
“We need to accelerate the permitting process,” said Ward, a Democrat who represents the 78th District. “Streamlining post-entitlement permitting is crucial to addressing key bottlenecks at the local level and turning approved projects into much-needed homes.”…