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Board asks state to clarify HCD timeline after PRA shows no substantive review after March 15, 2024
Summary
Following a public records request showing HCD's legal affairs division said no substantive review occurred after March 15, the board directed staff to request a correction/clarification from HCD about the County's housing element certification date; the move passed 4-1 after county counsel warned of potential legal exposure.
Residents and supervisors pressed the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on March 10 to ask the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to correct or clarify the date on its certification letter for the county's housing element. Public records obtained by neighbors showed HCD's legal affairs division told the county that no substantive review was conducted after March 15, 2024; speakers said that finding undercuts HCD's later letter and could affect determinations about the…
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