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November 10, 2017 I Volume 11 I Issue 21 Zoning Bulletin <br />"add additional sites to their housing plans if they approve projects at densities <br />lower than what local elected officials had anticipated in their proposals"; As- <br />sembly Bill 879, which instructs cities to take steps to shorten the time <br />developers take to build projects once approved; and Senate Bill 167, As- <br />sembly Bill 678 and Assembly Bill 1515, which make "it easier for developers <br />to prove a city acted in bad faith when denying a project," and increase a city's <br />penalty to "$10,000 per unit they rejected." <br />Source: Los Angeles Times; wwwlatimes.com <br />MASSACHUSETTS <br />State Legislators are considering a bill that would "require that develop- <br />ments defined as `substance use and alcohol addiction centers and clinics' go <br />through local zoning regulations and approvals." The bill is entitled "An Act <br />to Prevent Over Saturation of Clinical or Educational Programs in Low Income <br />Neighborhoods Under the Dover Amendment without Local Approval," Cur- <br />rently, under an existing state law known as the "Dover Amendment," "sober <br />houses and other addiction centers are exempt from zoning requirements if <br />they can show they offer some educational function." Under the bill, "addic- <br />tion centers would not be exempt from zoning regulations `without first obtain- <br />ing the approval of the legislative body of such city or tow' in cases where it is <br />a low[ -]income city or town . . .." <br />Source: MassLive; www.masslive.com <br />12 © 2017 Thomson Reuters <br />