https://news.yahoo.com/wealthy-silicon-valley-town-blocked-155024728.html
The state's new law, known as Senate Bill 9, allows up to four housing units to be built in a single-family lot, but Woodside, California blocked the building of new housing projects.
In a January 27 memo, the town declared that all housing projects started under SB 9 would be indefinitely paused as of January 25 after a petition to consider Woodside a habitat for mountain lions — a species that is a candidate to be considered endangered in the state — was brought before the town council.
The town council was able to identify a clause in SB 9 that prohibits building on "land identified as habitat for protected species," according to the memo.
A wealthy Silicon Valley town has blocked new affordable housing projects by declaring itself a 'mountain lion habitat'
- A wealthy Silicon Valley town blocked affordable housing projects after declaring itself a habitat for mountain lions.
- A clause in California's new housing law prohibits building on habitats for endangered species.
- A Woodside town council memo said the town is "in its entirety" a mountain lion habitat.
The state's new law, known as Senate Bill 9, allows up to four housing units to be built in a single-family lot, but Woodside, California blocked the building of new housing projects.
In a January 27 memo, the town declared that all housing projects started under SB 9 would be indefinitely paused as of January 25 after a petition to consider Woodside a habitat for mountain lions — a species that is a candidate to be considered endangered in the state — was brought before the town council.
The town council was able to identify a clause in SB 9 that prohibits building on "land identified as habitat for protected species," according to the memo.