
ACLU, Law Firm Reps Urge Riverside To Reconsider Affordable Housing Vote
"Representatives from three nonprofit law firms said the Riverside City Council’s decision to reject millions in state grant funding for an affordable housing project violated the law and could leave the city vulnerable to legal action. (...)
'The city’s obligation under its Housing Element, that’s a mandatory duty,' Ugochi Anaebere-Nicholson, PILP staff attorney, said. 'Those obligations are long standing, they are existing in the state laws and the city of Riverside is duty-bound to follow them.'"
Read the full article by Daniel Eduardo Hernandez in the Riverside Record here.