Tell Your State Representative:
OPPOSE SB1229

The bill will undermine local governance and weaken community standards with no guarantee of affordable housing

This bill strips Arizona municipalities of the ability to regulate large, new housing developments including requirements for lot sizes, setbacks, screening, fences or walls.

The bill strips municipalities of their authority to address unique community needs and to create a growth plan to meet those needs. 

More zoning deregulation = more stifling of citizens

SB1229 was passed by the Senate without substantial debate. The bill squeaked out of the House Commerce Committee with 5 ayes, 4 nays, 1 abstention.

Bill sponsors publicly refer to ongoing "stakeholder" meetings, but no one representing neighbors or neighborhood associations has been invited.
 
The bill prevents municipalities from imposing standards that maintain quality, safety and livability, all while truncating the public's voice and providing a one-size-fits-all rubber stamp for developers.

Taking from neighborhoods. What are developers giving back?

This bill gives everything to developers--significantly reduced lot sizes, 10' front and rear setbacks, 5' side yard setbacks. No requirement to provide amenities or green space. That means it deregulates community. And importantly, the bill has no guarantee that  developers must actually provide affordable housing.

Knowing all that, what are the developers giving up or compromising on? We can't identify a single thing.

This fundamentally flawed bill infringes on Arizona citizens who support local planning and zoning authority and who vote on their city's general plan.

It also hampers public safety budgets and the ability of cities to govern effectively.

No guarantee of affordable housing. No mention of limiting short term rentals. No provision for home ownership by individuals. No limiting of Wall Street corporate investors who outbid individuals trying to buy homes.
 
Very soon, SB1229 will be ready for a House floor vote. Please tell your two state representatives (and those reps with whom you have a relationship)to vote no to OPPOSE SB1229.

Email and call. In your calls and emails, be brief and be polite. We want to educate our elected officials on how simplistic ideas like SB1229 can wreak havoc and have harmful consequences.

PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORKS.
Please email or phone your two representatives, identify yourself as a constituent and urge them to OPPOSE SB1229. If you have time, please also send an email to all House members.

Email addresses for ALL the State House Representatives:

AAbeytia@azleg.gov, CAguilar@azleg.gov, LAustin@azleg.gov, LBiasiucci@azleg.gov, WBlackman@azleg.gov, SBlattman@azleg.gov, SBliss@azleg.gov, MCarbone@azleg.gov, NCarter@azleg.gov, PCarter@azleg.gov, JCavero@azleg.gov, JChaplik@azleg.gov, JConnolly@azleg.gov, LContreras@azleg.gov, PContreras@azleg.gov, QCrews@azleg.gov, ODeLosSantos@azleg.gov, LDiaz@azleg.gov, LFink@azleg.gov, BGarcia@azleg.gov, JGillette@azleg.gov, MGress@azleg.gov, GGriffin@azleg.gov, NGutierrez@azleg.gov, RHeap@azleg.gov, LHendrix@azleg.gov, AHernandez@azleg.gov, CHernandez@azleg.gov, LHernandez@azleg.gov, RKeshel@azleg.gov, AKolodin@azleg.gov, NKupper@azleg.gov, SLiguori@azleg.gov, DLivingston@azleg.gov, CLopez@azleg.gov, AMarquez@azleg.gov, DMarshall@azleg.gov, TMartinez@azleg.gov, CMathis@azleg.gov, SMontenegro@azleg.gov, QNguyen@azleg.gov, JOlson@azleg.gov, MPena@azleg.gov, MPeshlakai@azleg.gov, BPingerelli@azleg.gov, KPowell@azleg.gov, TRivero@azleg.gov, MSandoval@azleg.gov, SSimacek@azleg.gov, SStahlhamilton@azleg.gov, JTaylor@azleg.gov, STravers@azleg.gov, MTsosie@azleg.gov, BVillegas@azleg.gov, KVolk@azleg.gov, MWay@azleg.gov, JWeninger@azleg.gov, JWilloughby@azleg.gov, JWilmeth@azleg.gov, ELuna-Najera@azleg.gov