California will sue city of Huntington Beach over blocked homebuilding
by Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times
Jan 25, 2019
3 minutes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In his latest effort to flex the state's muscles over homebuilding, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the state was suing an Orange County city over what he said was its failure to allow enough new homebuilding to accommodate a growing population.
The lawsuit accuses Huntington Beach of defying a state law that requires cities and counties to set aside sufficient land for housing development. Newsom said the suit,
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