Despite objections from Los Angeles city leaders who deemed it an infringement on local development control, Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday signed state legislation allowing more rapid — and more dense — housing projects near major public transit stops.

Senate Bill 79, introduced earlier this year by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, overrides local zoning standards, allowing taller and more dense housing near specific transit stops in counties that meet certain mass transit threshholds, including Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Clara, Alameda, Sacramento, San Francisco and San Mateo.

According to California YIMBY, which backed the legislation, Orange County will not be immediately impacted because it falls short of the required number of rail stops.

The bill was originally intended to be ena

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