Source: Streetsblog California
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 648, legislation aimed at making it easier for California's community colleges to build housing for students, faculty, and staff. The bill, authored by Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur (D-Santa Monica) and sponsored by Santa Monica College, Abundant Housing L.A., the Student Homes Coalition, and the Los Angeles Community College District, gives community college districts the same authority the University of California and California State University systems already have to construct housing on land they own or lease.