Peskin, Chan want to know if SF can sue the state over impossible housing rules

Housing, Legislation, Litigation

Letter to city attorney seeks advice on how to deal with mandates from Sacramento that almost everyone agrees SF can never meet. By TIM REDMOND JANUARY 1, 2024 Peskin, Chan want to know if SF can sue the state over impossible housing rules Supervisors Aaron Peskin and...

State housing lawsuit against Huntington Beach put on pause

Housing, Litigation

By MICHAEL SLATEN | mslaten@scng.com November 4, 2023 The state of California is suing Huntington Beach for blocking laws passed by the Legislature to boost the housing supply. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) State housing lawsuit against...

Marin City residents file federal suit over housing project

Housing, Litigation

By RICHARD HALSTEAD | rhalstead@marinij.com | Marin Independent Journal PUBLISHED: October 9, 2023 at 6:03 p.m. | UPDATED: October 10, 2023 at 5:10 a.m. https://www.marinij.com/2023/10/09/marin-city-residents-file-federal-suit-over-housing-project/  The lot at 825...

Billionaires file legal brief attacking the unhoused in SF

Housing, Litigation

While city fails to train staff on sweeps, the people who created this crisis are asking the Supreme Court to blame the victims. By TIM REDMONDOCTOBER 8, 2023 Billionaires file legal brief attacking the unhoused in SF San Francisco hasn’t taken any serious steps to...

Is OC’s Most Progressive City Set to Challenge State Housing Goals? 

Housing, Legislation, Litigation

BY BRANDON PHO  May 17, 2023 Apartment complexes in Santa Ana on May 18, 2020. Credit: JULIE LEOPO, Voice of OC Officials in one of Orange County’s most progressive cities might be poised to exempt themselves from state housing mandates. While neighboring towns like...

Marin Voice: In fight against excessive housing numbers, our hands are far from tied

Housing, Litigation, Opinion

The California state Capitol building. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images) By SUSAN KIRSCH | April 21, 2023 at 3:43 p.m. You don’t think of the typical Californian giving in to a mantra of “there’s nothing we can do” or “our hands are tied.” But the threats of a...