“Our solutions must be as bold as the problem is big,” Newsom wrote two years ago in a Medium post unveiling his housing plan. When he unveiled his budget proposal in January, Newsom threatened to withhold state transportation dollars from cities that didn’t approve enough housing. Ben Metcalf, who served as director of the state Department of Housing and Community Development under Newsom and former Gov. A trial in that case is scheduled for February, but is likely to be delayed so the city can challenge more state housing laws, said Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates. If Newsom wanted to solve the state’s housing problems, Gates said, the governor should push for low-income housing in undeveloped areas instead of already built communities.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 21, 2019 09:56 UTC