Join us for the November edition of our Building the Middle webinar series! Since Casita-sponsored AB 1033 became law, we’ve been sharing resources on how cities and counties can implement the new allowance for ADUs to be sold separately as condos. For this webinar, presenters will share an overview of how ADU condo conversions work and how cities can opt in. Presenters include:

• Martina Davis, Planning staff from City of San Jose, the first jurisdiction to opt in to AB 1033. She’ll share the steps to opt-in, elements of their ordinance update, and review the city’s new public-facing application materials

• Real estate attorney Jay Drake from Reuben, Junius & Rose, who worked with Casita Coalition on our AB 1033 guidance memo—he’ll share updates to the resource and walk us through basic condo info

• Casita Coalition board chair Rafael Perez will give an overview of financing considerations for various ADU condo development scenarios

Lowering the land cost for new homes is an important strategy in building the middle. ADUs achieve this by using underutilized backyards. Subdividing parcels into smaller lots is another way to keep land costs low. Recent CA legislation, including SB 9 and SB 684, focused on simplifying the process, shortening timelines and making it more predictable. 

Join us on Friday July 26th at 11:00a for Building the Middle: Land Division Options for a conversation with builders and designers using urban lot splits and small lot subdivisions for infill development. 

• New Resource! John Kevlin from Reuben, Junius & Rose will share highlights from our new co-authored implementation guide for cities and counties to create streamlined small lot subdivision ordinances under SB 684 

• Nolan Gray from CA YIMBY will provide an update on current bills seeking to fine-tune SB 684

• BuildCASA is one of the most active urban-lot split companies in CA. Paul Steidl will show examples of their projects

• Muhammad Alameldin shares highlights from the recent UC Berkeley Terner Center report on SB 9’s first year

• Jill Cropp of Studio Cropp in Portland OR shows examples of cottage clusters and townhomes built using Oregon’s new middle housing rules

• Derek Leavitt will share the basics of the current subdivision process in Los Angeles

Produced with the generous sponsorship of CBIA, AARP of California, Klingbeil Capital Management and Reuben, Junius & Rose.

California's 'by-right' ADU laws include multifamily properties, creating opportunities for nonprofit and for-profit developers. Join us for updates on this ADU success story and learn what's next for this sector. We’ll also get an update on SB 1211 (Skinner), a Casita-sponsored bill to improve flexibility for multifamily ADUs.

What do multifamily ADU projects look like on the ground? We’ll hear from presenters who are building them on multifamily properties as conversions and as new detached ADUs.

• Julia Weis, Klingbeil Capital Management

• Sean Roberts, Villa Homes

• Ian Dunn, OpenScope Studios

• Andrew Slocum, Green Development Company

Generously sponsored by

Join us on Friday March 29th at 11:00am PST for an update on the important topic of unpermitted or informal ADUs and efforts to make the process of legalization easier and less costly. Our panel will cover:

• The current process for legalizing an unpermitted unit under state law

• How a safety-first legalization process can help preserve existing homes

• Designing an amnesty program that addresses common barriers for homeowners

• AB 2533 (Carrillo)—a bill Casita Coalition is supporting to improve current ADU amnesty provisions

Sponsored by the City of Piedmont.

Panelists include:

Katherine Peoples, Founder, HPP Cares, Casita Coalition Board VP

Jennifer Duffy, President, Hello Housing, creator of HelloADU

Rafafel Perez, Casita Coalition Chair

Jonathan Pacheco Bell, 4Leaf

Jocelyn Drake, Community Development & Infrastructure, County of Santa Cruz