SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Sacramento suburb will have to build more affordable housing for residents at risk of homelessness under a settlement
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, speaks next to Attorney General Rob Bonta during a press conference regarding a settlement with the city of Elk Grove, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento suburb will have to build more affordable housing for residents at risk of homelessness under a settlement announced Wednesday with California Gov.
“Our housing laws are not suggestions,” Bonta said at a news conference Wednesday. “You have to follow them. And if cities try to skirt them — try to avoid building the housing we need, try to illegally deny housing proposals, discriminate against communities, as Elk Grove did — the DOJ will hold them accountable.”
Elk Grove has to pay the state $150,000 for attorney and other legal fees under the agreement. Local officials said they were happy with the settlement and that it underscored the city’s efforts to build affordable housing. Elk Grove settled another lawsuit earlier this year over the project in Old Town, called the Oak Rose Apartments, and approved an 81-unit affordable housing project in a different location.
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