Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have fast-tracked the conversion of empty office buildings to residential or mixed-use in city centers.
The bill, known as AB 3068, would have mandated by-right approval for adaptive reuse projects that dedicated at least half of the square footage of the projects to residential uses, creating a streamlined ministerial review process that bypassed environmental reviews and approvals of zoning changes by city officials.
"While I strongly support efforts to address California's housing crisis by promoting adaptive reuse projects, this bill raises several concerns," Newsom wrote in his veto message.
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