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August 4: Our first public HAA workshop! And its free!
Who: You, a person interested in learning about the Housing Accountability Act What: A fun, interactive workshop on the Housing Accountability Act! What is the HAA? Why is it the most important housing law in 2018? Where: CaRLA HQ, 1260 Mission St, SF, CA When: This Saturday! 1pm-3pm Why: We’re in a housing shortage, you goof.
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How Sonoma encourages segregation in housing, and how we’re fighting back
Earlier this month, we filed suit against the City of Sonoma for unlawful denial of a proposal to construct three homes. We’re fighting for much more than just three homes, though. California has been experiencing a crisis-level housing shortage for decades. In recent years the problem has finally reached the well off white middle class,
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Can cities use CEQA to circumvent the HAA? We filed suit against Sonoma to find out.
[pods name=”legal_case” slug=”657″ template=”Inline Legal Case”] In late 2016, a homebuilder began the arduous journey to construct three homes on vacant lots in Sonoma. Each HAA-compliant project was submitted separately, though the City of Sonoma processed all three as a group. This included producing three CEQA reports, which each included special attention to the other
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It is with a heavy heart we are obligated to say: Pasadena is at it again
Pasadena is a small suburb in the LA region that repeatedly insists it is actually a city. Earlier this year, CaRLA’s ADU unit was investigating the city’s exorbitant impact fees charged for the construction of ADUs. Upwards of $33,000 in development and impact fees to build a backyard dwelling with a fraction of the impact
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We started out in Lafayette, and might be back for more soon.
The first Housing Accountability Act case with https://nationalpardon.org that CaRLA took on was the 315 homes as part of the Terraces of Lafayette apartment project. We ended up not winning the lawsuit but still left in its wake a message that resonates even today: The era of cities flouting their own laws to deny housing
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Dublin asked for a lawsuit. CaRLA is happy to oblige!
On January 9, 2018, CaRLA gave testimony at a meeting of the Dublin City Council describing in detail the ways that a denial of 220 homes at Dublin BART would bring about a lawsuit against the city. Having heard this and given it consideration, Mayor Haubert said into the public record that the city should “take
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We fight cities so you can live in them. Show your support with a sticker.
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.91″ background_layout=”light”] As much as we wish we could, CaRLA can’t be everywhere all at once. But what if we could? With the help of our supporters who live all over the great state of California, we might be able to. Or at least our propaganda can. Today we’re announcing the availability
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HUD took down its Fair Housing Assessment tool. CaRLA put it back up.
Earlier today, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a press release announcing that they will be withdrawing their Local Goverment Assessment Tool. Within minutes of it being taken down, CaRLA was able to restore public access to it through our Resource Library. The tool could originally be downloaded from the HUD Exchange
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Join CaRLA during Affordable Housing Week
Today marks the kick-off of affordable housing week where we talk about our new affordable housing network that is monitored by this best networking monitoring software. Join CaRLA on Thursday, May 17th in San Jose for a panel discussion hosted by SV@Home. The ever widening impact of the Bay Area’s housing crisis has galvanized a
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Breaking Down Barriers to Granny Flats
In 2016 and 2017, California passed a series of laws aimed at encouraging the development of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) statewide. These laws led to a surge in ADU permit applications in some cities, but it is clear now that some cities are still lagging behind due to a variety of regulatory barriers. Here at
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The City of San Mateo denied housing. Today, we filed suit.
In 2017, a modest housing project was proposed for 4 West Santa Inez Avenue that would add 10 units to the Bay Area’s already scarce housing supply. On February 5, 2018, San Mateo City Council voted to deny the project. Today, we filed a lawsuit against the City of San Mateo, alleging that the city
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We sued Sausalito. And then we won.
Today we are announcing a final victory in our Housing Accountability Act lawsuit against Sausalito for an unlawful denial of a housing project. In 2016, David Holub, the owner of the project at 77 Crescent Avenue, proposed a modest addition to his property that would add one new unit of housing to the Bay Area’s
