Another City Sued by California for Not Building Its ‘Fair Share of Housing’

Another California city has been called out by the state after affluent La Cañada Flintridge—about 15 miles north of Los Angeles—denied an 80-unit multifamily housing development earlier this year, without the authority to do so, according to officials. California Attorney General Rob Bonta requested Dec. 12 a Los Angeles Superior Court judge “uphold California’s housing laws” and reverse the city’s denial in a lawsuit the developer filed in July against the city after its action. Pro affordable housing advocate and nonprofit, the California Housing Defense Fund, filed its own suit also in July over the same issue, requesting the city’s denial be overruled for violating state housing laws....