California Senate Bill 79
Housing capacity
near transit, in context.
SB 79 sets statewide development standards for qualifying housing near qualifying transit. This public record connects those standards to the regional transit-oriented development map, Los Angeles’s dated implementation baseline, and a separate analytical vulnerability index.
- State lawstatutory standards and distance bands
- SCAGregional access-point, tier, and zone record
- Los Angelesdated City capacity baseline
- CVIRelational Land comparative index
How to read this site
Four layers, four different kinds of evidence
The statute establishes a statewide framework. SCAG publishes the regional geography used to locate access points, tiers, and transit-oriented development zones. Los Angeles City Planning’s May 2026 Table 1C supplies a dated local capacity comparison.
The Compound Vulnerability Index is different again: it is a Relational Land analytical layer that compares documented conditions across the project’s station areas. It is not an official transit classification, City designation, or parcel determination.
Use each layer for its purpose
Start with the statute and SCAG geography, then read the City baseline and analytical index as separate, dated comparisons.
Every map identifies its source, model date, scope, and limitations before it is used to support an interpretation.
Read the methods and source roles →- 200 ftclosest access-point band
- ¼ mimiddle distance band
- ½ miouter transit-oriented development band
- FAR 2.5–4.5state standard range
The framework
One statute, three connected public records
SB 79 sets minimum development standards for qualifying housing near qualifying transit. The applicable height, density, and floor-area standard changes with a stop’s tier and a project’s distance from its access point.
The Maps page begins with SCAG’s current regional geography. It then places Los Angeles’s dated City capacity baseline and the project’s Compound Vulnerability Index alongside that official foundation.
Start here
Read the statutory standards, then use the map to inspect a particular station, access point, or area.
Sources and methods identify the issuing agency, source date, and role of every public record.
- CVICompound Vulnerability Index
- 6normalized component measures
- Station areascomparative geographic unit
A comparative index
Compound vulnerability around transit
The Compound Vulnerability Index compares the accumulation of six documented conditions around the project’s station areas. It is a Relational Land analytical layer, presented separately from SCAG’s official geography and the City’s implementation record.
Use the index to compare station areas and inspect their published score. The index is not a forecast of a particular project or household outcome.
Public use
The index gives a legible, consistent way to examine where multiple conditions are concentrated around transit.
Open the CVI map or station table to compare individual records.