Advocacy Letters
A selection of letters advocating for inclusive Housing Element policy from Campaign Members is below. To see all letters, hit the button:
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A selection of letters advocating for inclusive Housing Element policy from Campaign Members is below. To see all letters, hit the button:
A letter submitted to the City of Placentia regarding the lack of diversity and outreach for their public meetings for their Housing Element.
A 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.
YIMBY 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.
YIMBY Law submitted this letter to the city of Newport Beach regarding their treatment of AFFH requirements.
YIMBY Law submits this letter to notify the city council that the process by which Agenda Item 12 for the city council meeting scheduled on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 has been agendized and presented to the council is improper and unlawful.
An advocacy letter to the California Department of Housing and Community Development about South Pasadena’s lack of transparency regarding its 6th Cycle Housing Element.
An advocacy letter to Santa Monica regarding problematic issues with preliminary housing element materials.
An advocacy letter to South Pasadena regarding likelihood of development, ADUs, and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing.
YIMBY Law submitted this letter discouraging the Los Alto City Council from adopting an ordinance prohibiting boardinghouses because it unfairly targets lower-income households and would likely violate Fair Housing Law.
A letter to HCD in response to housing elements already certified for the 6th cycle, encouraging better oversight in the areas of site inventories, mid-cycle reviews, ADU projections, AFFH, and government constraints.
“…planners are working backwards from the historical context in each area [of Contra Costa County], instead of looking forward at the best ways to reverse longstanding patterns of exclusion and unequal access to opportunity”