Urgent action…calls and letters…new information…

SB 677 is a gut-and-replace bill by Senator Scott Wiener that has been turned into an SB 79 follow-up. It expands SB 79’s Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) footprint by changing the definitions that determine eligibility.

SB 677 will be heard in Senate Local Government on Wednesday, Jan 14, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. (State Capitol, Room 112).

Please email and call the committee today, and keep it up through the morning of Jan 14.

Email: slcl.committee@senate.ca.gov

Phone: (916) 651-4119

Direct contact info (phone + X/Instagram) for each Local Government Committee member is listed at the end of this message if you want to contact members individually.

COPY PASTE, OR RE-WRITE LETTER 

Subject: 

HOLD or Oppose SB 677 (Jan 14 hearing)

Dear Chair Durazo and Members,

Please HOLD SB 677 for full public review, or vote NO unless the author provides a statewide map/station list of newly eligible areas under the 1/8 amendments, estimates of incremental housing capacity enabled, and a realistic workload/cost analysis for local governments already implementing SB 79.

Changing TOD eligibility definitions is not a minor tweak. It can expand where SB 79 applies and pull in smaller communities that lack the staffing, infrastructure, and public-safety capacity to absorb mid-rise growth on a compressed timeline, while shifting costs and workload to local agencies.

Sincerely,

[Name]

[City, 

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Hi, my name is [Name]. 

I’m calling from [City, ZIP]. Please hold SB 677 or vote no unless maps and impact estimates are published first. The 1/8 amendments change SB 79 eligibility by counting intercity rail toward the high-frequency threshold, which can expand where 

SB 79 applies and pull in smaller communities that don’t have the staff, infrastructure, or public-safety capacity to absorb the change. Please require full public review. 

Thank you.

Ultra-short voicemail (10–15 seconds)

Hi, this is [Name] from [City, ZIP]. Please hold or oppose SB 677 unless statewide maps and impact estimates are published first. These eligibility changes can pull small communities in without the capacity to implement safely. Thank you.