At Menlo Park City Council study session about new housing legislation. SB330 has been described as having a goal to make it harder for cities to request clarifying information from developers making applications for housing

"Standards like 'character of the neighborhood' cannot be used

SB330 prevents downzoning in urbanized areas, which Menlo Park is deemed to be, except in fire risk zones, and a prohibition on housing moratoriums unless for an imminent health and safety risk, and HCD is likely to be strict on this.

CM Carlton - what is an objective standard? a. no personal or subjective judgement, and has a universal and objective benchmark. Attorney gives a muffled laugh, says we've been litigating a case on this, it will be interesting how this will be interpreted.

Attorney notes the elimination of lot size requirements (Menlo Park required over 5,000 sqft, and that requirement is now disallowed)