California has filed a lawsuit against Huntington Beach, which last month adopted a ban on approving applications for builder's remedy projects, seeking to strike down the ban as a violation of the state's housing law.
The Orange County city responded by immediately filing a federal lawsuit challenging the state's requirement that Huntington Beach rezone neighborhoods to make way for more than 13,000 new housing units.
In its lawsuit, filed last Thursday, the state asked for a preliminary injunction to prohibit Huntington Beach's ban from taking effect while the case is adjudicated, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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