Southern California Balks at Aggressive Housing Numbers; SANDAG Cities Fight over Allocation
- Josh Stephens
- Sep 4, 2019
- 4 min read
Two of California’s “Big Four” metropolitan planning organizations have recently received their housing allocation numbers from the state for the 2021-2029 cycle. Not surprisingly, almost no one is happy. That is, no one except, perhaps, outgoing Housing and Community Development Director Ben Metcalf, a longtime champion of housing production, who is leaving the department amid an increasingly dire housing supply and affordability crisis.
