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Environmental

Jun. 25, 2009

AG Brown Joins Pleasanton Lawsuit

Attorney General Jerry Brown joined a lawsuit against the city of Pleasanton Wednesday arguing that the Bay Area suburb is refusing to build enough housing for the many people who work in the city.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Attorney General Jerry Brown joined a lawsuit against the city of Pleasanton Wednesday arguing that the Bay Area suburb is violating state housing laws, encouraging sprawl and increasing greenhouse gas emissions by refusing to build enough housing for the many people who work in the city.

Brown said in a prepared statement that the city fails to meet state housing requirements that California cities take o...

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