Judge Dismisses Huntington Beach Lawsuit in Federal Court, Pending Appeal

Published on November 16, 2023

A week after a San Diego Superior Court Judge paused a lawsuit filed by the state against Huntington Beach over its unwillingness to follow California mandates to build affordable housing, the city’s own lawsuit on the same issue filed in federal court against the state was dismissed Nov. 14. City officials said they would appeal the latest decision. “The decision basically means that the federal judge believed that his federal court room was not the proper forum for the conflict to be resolved. I think he is suggesting that he thinks it should be in state court,” City Attorney Michael Gates told The Epoch Times....

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