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CA Housing Reform

The new math on California housing.

SB 1211, SB 684/1123, SB 79, SB 543 — a decade of YIMBY wins compressed into 18 months. We build the units that make them pencil.

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SB 1211 — case studies

SB 1211 projects, with numbers.

Real and illustrative Clever Builds SB 1211 projects across California — unit count, installed cost, timeline, and projected rents.

Sonoma County — 4-unit SB 1211 ADU addition
Sample · illustrative
SB 1211 Bay Area · Sonoma County

Sonoma County — 4-unit SB 1211 ADU addition

An existing fourplex owner used SB 1211 to convert a surface lot into 4 detached 1BR ADUs. Construction-to-perm refi unlocked the project; mature lease-up projected at 95% in 8 weeks.

Units
4 ADUs
Installed
$1.2M
Timeline
7 months
Rent
$2,850 / unit / mo
San Diego — SB 1211 8-unit addition
Sample · illustrative
SB 1211 San Diego County

San Diego — SB 1211 8-unit addition

Largest SB 1211 project to date — a sixplex owner adding the full 8-unit count. All-cash equity refi + DSCR underwriting on projected new rents.

Units
8 ADUs
Installed
$2.3M
Timeline
8 months
Rent
$2,650 / unit / mo
East Bay — 6-unit missing middle infill
Sample · illustrative
SB 1211 Bay Area · Oakland

East Bay — 6-unit missing middle infill

Two adjacent vacant parcels combined into a six-unit missing-middle project. Clever Elements Block A+B+A configuration on each parcel.

Units
6 ADUs
Installed
$1.8M
Timeline
8 months
Rent
$3,100 / unit / mo

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