Administrative/Regulatory,
Land Use
Jul. 31, 2023
State AG is unconstitutionally stripping cities’ authority over zoning decisions
Rob Bonta, as a self-appointed policy advocate, seeks to have Housing Elements of cities quickly updated all over the State providing for massive high-density Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) quotas without careful consideration, thought, or local deliberation as to how the proposed zoning changes impact communities. Bonta pretends this is about cities “skirting” State housing laws. Really?
Michael E. Gates
City Attorney
Office of the Huntington Beach City Attorney
2000 Main St
Huntington Beach , CA 92648
Phone: (714) 536-5555
Fax: (714) 374-1590
Email: Michael.Gates@surfcity-hb.org
Chapman University SOL; Orange CA
On July 17, Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a press release addressing his concern that cities are "attempting to skirt state housing laws." That press release is the State's top attorney using high-pressure rhetoric and tactics to coerce cities into compliance with the State's policy goals. Policy advocacy goes far beyond the Attorney General's stated goals of legal practice by "ensuring that the laws of the state are uniformly and adeq...
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