Fort Bragg Planning Commission favors lot splits in hopes of increasing housing
The Fort Bragg Planning Commission recommended the City Council approve two resolutions that could alter the face of housing in low-density residential areas of the City. The resolutions are in response to SB9 which was signed into law by Governor Newsom in 2021. Similar to the law that allows second units called alternative dwelling units, SB 9 encourages property owners to build additional housing by allowing lot splits. The resolutions are controversial because they would allow a homeowner to add three additional houses on a single-family lot. The Fort Bragg City Council will take up the resolutions at a future meeting.
Michelle Blackwell is a writer, journalist, and reader. She contributes to the KZYX News program and publishes in the Fort Bragg Advocate and the Mendocino Beacon regularly. She developed, hosts, and produces the KZYX radio show and podcast “Upwelling” Her fiction pieces have appeared in various Writers of the Mendocino Coast anthologies.