While many Bay Area cities missed their January 2023 deadline to adopt a certified housing element for the sixth cycle, a few cities made absolutely zero progress on their housing element before the deadline. In February 2023, YIMBY Law and our partners filed a suite of lawsuits against Burlingame, Palo Alto, Fairfax, and Cupertino for blowing off their obligations to plan for housing.
Read MoreA letter submitted to the City of Placentia regarding the lack of diversity and outreach for their public meetings for their Housing Element.
Read MoreA YIMBY Law letter to the City of San Diego, calling the city out for violating state law as well as their own city charter over how they handled public hearings for their Housing Element process.
Read MoreYIMBY Law submitted this letter to the Marin Municipal Water District regarding their moratorium on new service connections, shutting down new home growth over a non-issue.
Read MoreYIMBY Law submitted this letter to the city of Newport Beach regarding their treatment of AFFH requirements.
Read MoreAn advocacy letter to the California Department of Housing and Community Development about South Pasadena’s lack of transparency regarding its 6th Cycle Housing Element.
Read MoreA letter to the City of Solana Beach regarding their 6th Cycle Housing Element.
Read MoreAn advocacy letter to Santa Monica regarding problematic issues with preliminary housing element materials.
Read MoreAn advocacy letter to South Pasadena regarding likelihood of development, ADUs, and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing.
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