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LOCAL CONTROL BACKERS ATTEMPTING NEW INITIATIVE

Housing, Legislation, Litigation

CALIFORNIA FOCUS FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2023, BY THOMAS D. ELIAS Immediately after state legislators passed the landmark SB 9 and 10 in 2021, taking most local land-use decisions away from city councils and county supervisors, resentful local officials vowed to run a...

New bill would let California’s attorney general jump into more housing fights

Bills, Housing, Legislation, Litigation

Construction workers work on a home at a housing development in Novato. Justin Sullivan/TNS As cities across California try to avoid complying with new state housing laws, Attorney General Rob Bonta is asking state legislators to give him another tool to rein in...

Palo Alto Mayor Assails State Housing Mandates

Housing, Legislation, Litigation

Mayor suggests ambitious targets make it impossible for cities to achieve affordable-housing goals by Gennady Sheyner / Palo Alto Weekly Uploaded: Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 11:50 pm 12 Palo Alto Mayor Lydia Kou speaks at the State of the City event at the Palo Alto Art...

Huntington Beach v. Newsom, RHNA, HCD, and state housing law

Litigation

Posted by: Bob Silvestri – March 16, 2023 – 2:22pm The City of Huntington Beach (the “CITY”) in Southern California has been in the news recently in its battle to push back on state housing laws, the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD),...
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