SB 9 & 10 is for investors, developers

Re: “State and city leaders support more ADUs” [Volume 21, Issue 8 or bit.ly/3DxKfbG]

Wow. Is this a press release for elected officials? It is not a report examining the issues from all sides. If you had done any research on these issues, you would know recent polls in California show nearly 75% of people oppose SB 9 & 10.

Locally, the ADU rules are facing pushback from residents who don’t wish to surrender their neighborhoods to developers and investors. After all, who can afford to subdivide land and build these expensive units which require high rent to cashflow? Where is the affordable housing in either of these proposals? Not required.

Wake up residents! Articles like this assist our over reaching politicians in getting more campaign donations not more affordable housing.

—Michael Livingston, Del Cerro

In response to the article about ADU’s: The statement by Atkins — “This really is a bill designed for homeowners, people who want to own a home but don’t have the ability to pay the mortgage. It’s about their ability to rent out an accessory unit to help pay the mortgage to build on the dream of homeownership” — is ridiculous!

You first have to own property which most of the time has a home on it, to build an ADU. You have already “afforded” a home and on top of that, if you do not have the cash, you need to obtain another loan to build the ADU. Also, the rent received is not a net number as it has other costs.

This just shows the ignorance and ineptitude of our so-called leaders and why we are in such a troubled state. The problem is, these people are not confronted on these statements either by media or individuals because of their own ignorance or by association.

–Kurt Katona