Elk Grove is not a ‘bad actor,' but Attorney General Rob Bonta was right to sue them
When California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the city of Elk Grove, the booming suburb south of Sacramento became the front lines in the struggl...
When California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the city of Elk Grove, the booming suburb south of Sacramento became the front lines in the struggle to build affordable housing that is desperately needed in this state. Elk Grove officials rejected a ready-for-construction, privately financed affordable housing project in its Old Town area, and Bonta responded with a lawsuit. Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen justified city actions as necessary to maintain local control over development. The problem with this justification is that local control is often rigged to prevent affordable housing across California, one of the primary reasons why the state has a dire housing shortage in the first place.