{"id":82168,"date":"2026-07-01T19:47:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=82168"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:47:26","slug":"hey-nimby-huntington-beachyou-tired-of-losing-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=82168","title":{"rendered":"Hey, NIMBY Huntington Beach\u2026you tired of losing yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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What you need to know:<\/strong>\u00a0A court has rejected Huntington Beach\u2019s latest attempt to skirt its responsibility to complete a compliant housing plan as required by state law, adding to a string of losses in court by the city since 2023.<\/div>\n
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SACRAMENTO \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Bonta have secured yet another ruling against the city of Huntington Beach. In a sad attempt to avoid responsibility, the city sued the state for carrying out its authority to enforce the law. Today, the court ruled against Huntington Beach, sending a clear message that it would not tolerate the city\u2019s continued attempts to skirt the law. The ruling entitles the state to seek its attorneys’ fees incurred in defending against the city\u2019s complaint.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn ruling after ruling, the City of Huntington Beach has lost, but the hapless leaders there continue to miss the message: It\u2019s time to do your job, create the housing your community needs, and stop wasting taxpayer dollars on defending your ridiculous NIMBY agenda. We\u2019re literally running out of new ways to tell you that you\u2019ve lost.\u201d<\/h4>\n
Governor Gavin Newsom<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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In March 2023, the\u00a0state sued Huntington Beach<\/a>\u00a0for violating state law requiring it to update its housing plan. Last year, the trial court agreed with the state that the city had violated the law, but failed to impose a 120-day deadline for the city to update its plan, and failed to impose consequences limiting the city\u2019s control over permitting and development until it complies with the law.<\/p>\n

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The state has secured multiple rulings against the city of Huntington Beach, including an order by the Fourth District court of appeal last year\u00a0compelling the city<\/a>\u00a0to remedy its violations of state housing law. \u00a0And in May, the city was ordered by a Superior Court Judge to pay financial penalties for its failure to plan for housing for all people of all income levels as required by state law.<\/p>\n

The deadline for Huntington Beach to submit a compliant housing element was October 15, 2021. During this time, the city could have been creating more affordable homes for its residents, but instead spent its time fighting to leave people behind and wasted valuable taxpayers\u2019 resources.<\/p>\n

More housing. More accountability.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Governor Newsom\u00a0championed the creation of the Housing Accountability Unit<\/a>\u00a0at HCD to ensure cities and counties fulfill their legal responsibilities to plan and permit their fair share of housing. Since its establishment, the Housing Accountability Unit has supported the development of\u00a013,451 housing units, including more than 3,852 affordable units<\/a>, through enforcement actions and by working with local jurisdictions to ensure compliance with housing law. In 2024, the Unit was expanded to include a focus on homelessness issues, including compliance with state laws related to homeless housing.<\/p>\n

In addition to today\u2019s announcement and ongoing work to hold local governments accountable to help their residents and improve affordability, Governor Newsom is creating a structural and foundational model that will have positive impacts for generations to come.<\/p>\n

The Governor is streamlining and prioritizing building of new housing, funding new\u00a0shelters, housing, and supports<\/a>, holding\u00a0local governments accountable<\/a>, addressing mental health and its impact on homelessness through\u00a0voter-approved Proposition 1<\/a>, and creating new pathways for those who need it most through updated\u00a0conservatorship laws<\/a>\u00a0and a new\u00a0CARE court<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>system. California is also\u00a0addressing encampments statewide\u00a0<\/a>to help get people off the streets and into care. All this work is creating positive results.<\/p>\n

Last year, as a result of the Governor\u2019s strategies to address the housing and homelessness crisis, for the first time in over 15 years,\u00a0California\u2019s unsheltered homelessness decreased by 9.5%.<\/a>\u00a0While other states and the nation as a whole continue to see homelessness rising, California is reversing a crisis decades in the making.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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