Clovis Loses Big Housing Element Case

William Fulton
Apr 11, 2023
4 min read

In a complicated ruling, an appellate court has concluded that Clovis – an affluent suburb of Fresno – violated the Housing Element Law by using a citywide overlay zoning district (known as the Regional Housing Needs overlay) that still allowed lower densities than the Housing Element called me.

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