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Speakers fault housing element update for lack of transparency, slow affordable production

5110839 · March 4, 2025
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Summary

Multiple speakers criticized the city's housing element update process, citing missing meeting recordings, a withdrawn committee name (Todd Ament), missed committee meetings, and low production of affordable housing relative to state targets.

Several members of the public used the council's public-comment period to raise concerns about the city's housing element update process, transparency around committee membership, and the city's pace of affordable housing production.

A speaker identified as Mark Herbert (anaheimgrease.com) summarized state targets from previous and current housing cycles and said the city has fallen far short. He said the…

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