Supreme Court Rejects Huntington Beach Appeal over State Housing Laws

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Huntington Beach’s Appeal in Fight for Local Control Over Housing Mandates

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that rejects the City of Huntington Beach’s constitutional challenge to California’s aggressive state housing laws, delivering yet another blow to local control in the conservative Orange County enclave. The high court’s denial leaves intact lower federal court decisions dismissing the city’s federal lawsuit, which argued that as a charter city, Huntington Beach retains …

Supreme Court rejects Huntington Beach appeal over state housing laws

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear Huntington Beach's appeal, forcing the city to comply with California's state-mandated affordable housing laws.

US Supreme Court Declines To Hear Huntington Beach Affordable Housing Case

Huntington Beach appears to have reached the end of the road in federal court in its effort to resist the state’s requirements for affordable housing, with the U.S. Supreme Court declining Monday to consider the city’s appeal. “City officials can’t use the First Amendment as an excuse to violate state housing law,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement Monday. “The Huntington Beach officials who wasted taxpayer dollars on this embarrassing appro…

Huntington Beach’s state housing lawsuit appeal won’t get Supreme Court consideration

The high court leaves intact a lower court's ruling that the city needs to plan for at least 13,368 new homes this decade.

US Supreme Court Goes Dark on Huntington Beach’s Housing Battle Against Sacramento

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Huntington Beach loses another round in court on housing law

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to consider Huntington Beach’s appeal to resist the state's requirements for affordable housing.