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Civil Litigation

Feb. 9, 2023

Bay Area hit with lawsuit over increased housing regulations

“These new lawsuits build on our work to enforce housing element law in Southern California,” said Matthew Gelfand, counsel for Californians for Homeownership, who previously sued six Southern California cities over deadlines to outline plans for increased housing.

Bay Area hit with lawsuit over increased housing regulations
New and modern, multilevel apartment complexes being built in Mountain View. Shutterstock

Santa Clara County and 11 Bay Area cities are the latest municipalities to be sued by pro-housing advocacy groups accusing them of missing state deadlines to include in their plans a new element to increase housing.

According to a news release Tuesday from the three organizations — Yes In My Back Yard, or “YIMBY,” Law, California Housing Defense Fund, and Californians for Homeownership Inc. — this new wave of lawsuits, originally filed Feb...

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