{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Affordable Housing & Real Estate Investing","title":"SB1123 Secrets: Does your lot qualify and how to stack state laws for more units!","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2888,"description":"On the Affordable Housing & Real Estate Investing Podcast, the best podcast for affordable housing investments hosted by Kent Fai He, Matt Baran of Baran Studio returns for his third appearance to break down the latest on SB 1123, SB 684, and California's small lot subdivision law.Matt is a licensed architect and housing developer based in California. His firm has built a practice around ministerial infill development, navigating the intersection of state housing law, local zoning, and design. He has projects in Santa Ana, West Oakland, and Berkeley, and regularly works alongside HCD to resolve city-level interpretation disputes.In this episode, Kent and Matt cover:• How SB 1123 and SB 684 allow fee-simple subdivision on single-family lots with ministerial approval• The three-step lot qualification test: location, existing conditions, and minimum lot size• What cities can still control: height, front setback, open space, and access• How HCD interpretations work, and why a ruling won one city can be used in another• The remainder lot strategy: how to subdivision a lot even when a house is already on it• SB 330 pre-application vesting to lock in the current code cycle before rules change• SB 79 and high-density development near transit (up to ~100 DUA) on R1 lots• The 44-unit West Oakland project: lot line adjustments, fourplexes, ADUs, deed-restricted affordable• The Santa Ana 8-unit project: how a site plan rotation resolved a transparency fence challenge• Using deed-restricted affordable ADUs to unlock density bonus height waivers on small infill sites• How Baran Studio is deploying AI for plan check and local code parsing (and where they draw the line)Common questions this podcast episode answers:Can I subdivide a single-family lot in California without discretionary approval? Under SB 1123 and SB 684, yes. Qualified lots in incorporated cities can be subdivided ministerially with no public hearing.What are the three steps to qualify a lot for SB 1123? First,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xDB8QhkLtarSR6cPw7Foe38b-OmGTS01-PZeGTtWOaw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ2NDA2LzE2OTg0/NTU1NDQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}