State leaders announced a slate of potential lawsuits against Huntington Beach leaders for refusing to follow state housing mandates.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
Orange County housing and homelessness, from what the state told each city to build to what it has actually permitted. Rent increases, evictions, affordable projects, shelters, anti-camping enforcement and the federal court orders shaping all of it.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Calls for Rent Control Intensify in Coastal Orange County’s Costa Mesa
Community health workers pushed for rent control during Tuesday’s council meeting, marking the third time in two months that people have organized to make a public plea for a citywide cap on rent increases.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Now Covered Under OC’s Health Plan for the Poor: Affordable Housing Construction
It comes as CalOptima enrollments have hovered around one million low-income Orange County residents.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Huntington Beach Blocks State Housing Law, Sets Up Confrontation with CA Attorney General
State leaders have been warning the city to back down on its fight against a law known as builder’s remedy, but city leaders are moving ahead with blocking the law in city limits.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
HB Continues Fight Against State Housing Mandates, Looks to Ban a State Development Law
The council’s proposed ordinance would stop developers from requiring the city to move forward on their projects if the city doesn’t have a housing plan.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Rethinks What the City’s Landscape Should Look Like
Anaheim City Council members tonight are expected to discuss a new strategic plan.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Does Orange County Need Another Homeless Survey? Report Shows Increase in Deaths
Weeks after county officials unanimously voted to move forward with another survey on the OC’s homeless population, a Sheriff commissioned report shows deaths of unhoused people have been climbing for a decade.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Huntington Beach Moves on New Laws Targeting Homeless People in Parks and Parking Structures
The new rules that would effectively block homeless people from sleeping in parks and loitering at the parking structure come as the new council pledged a 90-day plan to end homelessness.
Posted inCosta Mesa
After Santa Ana, Rent Control Murmurs Get Louder in One Coastal Orange County City
A new potential wave of rent control advocacy in Costa Mesa highlights the geographic tension between the region’s wealthy and its service workers pushed further inland by rising costs.
Posted inHuntington Beach
‘Poking the Bear’: Surf City Challenges State Housing Laws and Halts Granny Flats
While city leaders have been trying to sue the state over housing laws since they were elected, last night’s decision formally directed the city attorney to move forward.
