AIA California Legislator of the Year Award” allows for the architectural profession to recognize and honor a Legislator that has championed and fought for issues and values that are important to architects in California. It allows us to say thank you and let them know that we see the good work they are doing.
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, a solution-driven advocate of legislation that successfully address the housing and homelessness crisis, as well as the parallel issue of expanding the state’s safety net, was named Legislator of the Year by the American Institute of Architects California (AIA California).
Amongst her achievements benefiting California residents and architects committed to more housing, more quickly built, is AB 2011, the Affordable Housing and High Roads Jobs Act, signed into law in 2022—authored by Assemblymember Wicks. The legislation opens up land for housing construction and simplifies the approval process by allowing residential development projects on commercially zoned properties, such as retail and office spaces, without requiring changes to local zoning laws.
