"On January 13, the council voted 4-3 to reject a $20.1 million housing grant meant to turn the Quality Inn at 1590 University Avenue into 114 studio apartments for homeless and low-income residents. Since then, the council has faced several potential lawsuits and many disappointed residents asking the council to reconsider the grant. (...)

However, The ACLU of Southern California and the Inland Counties Legal Services sent letters warning the city that their rejection could violate the city's legally binding Housing Element Law and fair housing laws based on what the organization describes as stereotypes against unhoused residents.

The groups, along with the Public Interest Law Project, partnered on Tuesday to urge the council to reconsider, hoping that litigation and notice of possible noncompliance would legally allow the council to bring the project back to the dais despite the deadline's passing."

Read the full article by Micaela Ricaforte here, in the Raincross Gazette.