{"id":84,"date":"2026-10-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2026-10-10T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T10:00:00","slug":"housing-density-bill-could-bring-more-high-rises-to-7-california-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/10\/housing-density-bill-could-bring-more-high-rises-to-7-california-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Density Bill Could Bring More High-Rises to 7 California Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who\u2019s committed to helping clients navigate the ever-changing Santa Monica real estate landscape, I\u2019m always watching policy shifts that may reshape our city. There\u2019s a new bill on the table that could have a major impact: it would allow seven of California\u2019s largest cities with transit access and populations over 400,000\u2014including ours\u2014to build residential buildings at least 150 feet tall, and up to 450 feet. The goal? To achieve 2.5 million new homes statewide by 2030 through increased housing density. For anyone considering buying, selling, or simply keeping an eye on how our neighborhoods evolve, these kinds of legislative changes are worth understanding. I believe that staying informed is the first step in making the right decisions for your future.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/themortgagepoint.com\/2026\/09\/23\/housing-density-bill-could-bring-more-high-rises-to-7-california-cities\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s committed to helping clients navigate the ever-changing Santa Monica real estate landscape, I\u2019m always watching policy shifts that may reshape our city. There\u2019s a new bill on the table that could have a major impact: it would allow seven of California\u2019s largest cities with transit access and populations over 400,000\u2014including ours\u2014to build [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":85,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}