They want CA to turn to crap. There is only administrative approval (no hearings) and this will encourage building out backyards into low income housing. There goes the neighborhood. Of course if you live in zones for farm (or winery like Newsome and Pelosi) then you're not allowed to divide your land for low income houses. https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-richest-nancy-pelosi-vineyard-story.html The rich just want the poor off their beaches and into middle class (soon to be slum) neighborhoods. The government will give rent vouchers no doubt to fill the newly subdivided lots.