California Gov. Gavin Newsom has put forth final warnings to 15 cities and counties that have yet to acquiesce to his administration’s demands on affordable housing access.
The 15 communities that received notice today remain more than two years behind schedule and have until April 17 to respond to Notices of Violation issued by the California Department of Housing and Community Development. The failure to respond could result in lawsuits filed by the state government.
“I’m disappointed on behalf of the state and the people of California that after years of effort, we still have communities that aren’t meeting the needs of their residents,” said Newsom in a statement. “There’s no carve-out here. No community gets a pass when it comes to addressing homelessness or creating more housing access. We’ll keep pushing forward by enforcing the law, fighting NIMBY actions, and holding local governments accountable, because every Californian deserves a place to call home.”
The 15 jurisdictions are Atwater, Avenal, California City, Corcoran, Escalon, Half Moon Bay, Hanford, Kings County, Lemoore, Merced County, Montclair, Oakdale, Patterson, Ridgecrest, and Turlock.
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More reckless policies putting the hurt on the entire state. I’d be curious as to what level of homelessness exists in these cities, half of which I’ve never heard of having lived in CA 51 years. What good will ‘affordable housing’ be for cities and communities not experiencing problems with homelessness, other than line the pockets of developers lucky enough to win the contracts? Just a blanket cure for local, democrat-run and beach city epidemic where the homeless love to live and party in CA’s best of class weather, getting free everything. Handing out free phones, food, needles, etc. doesn’t solve anything when they would rather party on the streets n beaches instead of have to live in a shelter with rules and curfews. Most of these ‘affordable’ homes will be destroyed by these people, if they can even convince them to live in them, would be my guess. Solution? Anything other than just throwing money at it.