Speaker Robert Rivas seems to be laying the institutional groundwork for an aggressively pro-housing legislature next year.

The new law prevents cities from requiring new developments near public transit to set aside space specifically for parking.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has, for reasons practical and political, shifted toward an increasingly aggressive effort to enforce the state's laws to promote affordable housing.

SB 50 would have prevented cities from banning mid-rise apartments around public transit, but it failed to advance past a key committee.