Court Tells Richmond To Reconcile Initiative and General Plan
- William Fulton
- Nov 5, 2019
- 3 min read
An initiative prohibiting residential development in a hillside area of Richmond created an impermissible inconsistency with the city’s general plan, an appellate court has ruled. Overturning a Superior Court ruling, however, the appellate court did not invalidate the initiative but said the city merely needs to amend the rest of the general plan to conform with the initiative. Since the City Council adopted the initiative without a vote in 2017, it is reasonable to assume that the city will now rewrite the general plan to conform to the initiative.