We are pleased to announce a MAJOR victory for BIASC members!
Earlier this year, we alerted you to an extremely problematic proposal by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) known as Connect SoCal; a long-range plan which outlines significant transportation and land-use strategies for the Southern California region over the next 20 years.
As initially proposed, Connect SoCal contained numerous flaws which would have adversely impacted the homebuilding industry’s ability to create thousands of desperately needed new homes for Southern California residents.
Thanks to the massive response by BIASC members to our digital member mobilization campaign, BIASC generated thousands of emails to members of the SCAG governing board, asking that they delay any action on the Connect SoCal plan so that our concerns could be adequately addressed.
Since then, BIASC has worked tirelessly with our coalition partners and SCAG leadership to modify Connect SoCal in order to ensure that the final plan did not harm our industry, and was flexible enough to adapt to the changing circumstances that we will continue to face in the years and decades to come.
We are pleased to announce that a new and vastly improved version of the Connect SoCal plan was approved by the SCAG governing board on September 3 by a vote of 61-0!
BIASC would like to thank our coalition partners and SCAG for their efforts in working together to develop a new Connect SoCal plan that we could support.
Most importantly, BIASC would like to thank YOU for your willingness to respond to our initial call-to-action, which ultimately led to this successful outcome. You spoke, and they listened!
Sincerely,
Your BIASC Advocacy Team
