This week, BIA-LAV along with stakeholders successfully stopped the passage of a green building mandate in the City of Artesia. After a four-month effort, Director of Government Affairs, Diana Coronado, worked with the City to pass a voluntary, incentive-based green building program; Incentives include reduced permitting fees, increased density and expedited review.
This is a significant victory because the original November 2019 direction to staff was to create a mandated, LEED certification system for all residential development. This would have not only been unreasonably burdensome for home builders, but it would have been the first LEED certification mandate for residential development in all of California. A special thanks you to our SoCal Gas partners for earning this win with us and fighting for the opportunity to build fair housing in the region. For questions, please contact BIA-LAV Director of Government Affairs, Diana Coronado,
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