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The long-awaited Friend Compound laws in California
https://blog.livenearfriends.com/the-long-awaited-friend-compound-laws-in-california/Phil Levin
08 Jan 2025
I used to tell people that their “all my friends on a plot of land” dream was impossible in California. Getting permits would be too much of a nightmare. This is no longer true.
SB 684 - Starter homes on micro-lots
I’ll likely go into more detail in a future post, but the basic idea is this:
Step 1: Buy a home with a large lot
Step 2: Subdivide it into smaller lots (up to 10!)
Step 3: Sell the new lots to friends
Step 4: Friends build their own homes
SB 1211 - ADUs to the MAX
Existing law typically allowed people to build 1-2 ADUs on a property in California. It meant turning a home into 2 or max 3 homes.
With this law you can now build an equal number of ADUs to existing units. So a duplex can get 2 ADUs, a triplex can get 3 new ADUs and a quadplex can get 4 new ADUs. Up to 8 ADUs! And you can do this on parking spaces without replacing them.
SB 684 - Starter homes on micro-lots
I’ll likely go into more detail in a future post, but the basic idea is this:
Step 1: Buy a home with a large lot
Step 2: Subdivide it into smaller lots (up to 10!)
Step 3: Sell the new lots to friends
Step 4: Friends build their own homes
SB 1211 - ADUs to the MAX
Existing law typically allowed people to build 1-2 ADUs on a property in California. It meant turning a home into 2 or max 3 homes.
With this law you can now build an equal number of ADUs to existing units. So a duplex can get 2 ADUs, a triplex can get 3 new ADUs and a quadplex can get 4 new ADUs. Up to 8 ADUs! And you can do this on parking spaces without replacing them.
More at the link, but schematically, not in great detail. Readable.