Environmental causes run into conflict with zoning reforms intended for environmental benefit once again, as the California Coastal Commission requires San Diego to reinstate parking requirements for ADUs.

San Diego provides strong evidence that eliminating parking mandates supports, rather than undermines, affordable housing production.

When it comes to climate change, bold solutions are needed now more than ever, and city leaders are up for the challenge.

Goal of controversial move is making city less car-reliant, more climate friendly

Advocates say less parking can lead to more housing, safer streets, and help combat climate change

San Diego small businesses, like Juan Pablo Sanchez’s Super Cocina, have reinvented parking lots to serve communities. A new proposal would make it easier for businesses to make these changes permanent.

Opponents of A.B. 1401 concede that parking requirements are bad policy, but worry that removing them will undermine affordable housing production. Evidence suggests that’s not the case.

Removing parking requirements on newly constructed condos and apartments may actually increase the costs to rent or purchase, because units with parking spots will become even scarcer and more expensive.

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Licensed Real Estate Broker Mark Powell joined KUSI to discuss the impact of San Diego’s parking reforms. The parking reforms allows builders to develop units without parking to lower housing costs. San Diego City Council voted to reform parking to help reduce traffic and increase housing affordability. Categories: Good Morning San Diego, In Studio Guests

Commission rejects staff suggestion, calls policy, which affects transit areas only, visionary

San Diego is on track to eliminate parking requirements within a half-mile of major public transit stops

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer proposed a set of reforms to the city's parking requirements Friday, allowing the construction of housing projects without parking spaces as long as they're close to a planned or currently-existing transit stop.