Huntington Beach Faces Court-Ordered Remedies for Violating Housing Law

HB rebuffed in housing case

AERIAL VIEW of Huntington Beach housing (Shutterstock). By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune The City of Huntington Beach’s long-running struggle with the State of California over Sacramento’s housing requirements suffered another rebuff this week when the state Supreme Court refused to review a lower court’s ruling on the case. Huntington Beach and its former city attorney Michael Gates held to the theory that a charter city had control over …

Huntington Beach Faces Court-Ordered Remedies for Violating Housing Law

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Gov. Gavin Newsom declared victory after the California Supreme Court declined to hear Huntington Beach's appeal in a housing lawsuit, leaving intact a lower court ruling that subjects the city to court-ordered remedies for its prolonged refusal to comply with state housing law.