By Liam Dillon : latimes – excerpt

CORONADO, Calif. — Some live in Mexico, waking up at 3 a.m. to cross the border in time for an 8:30 a.m. shift. Others board multiple buses for hours-long commutes. Those with cars idle bumper to bumper along a two-mile, softly sloping bridge.

Not one of the nearly 200 housekeepers at the Hotel del Coronado, a sprawling beach resort with a storied history, lives in Coronado, according to the union representing them.

The city is arguably the most flagrant resister of a state affordable housing law designed to give housekeepers and others, from teachers to nurses, a chance at an apartment in places that would otherwise be out of their reach.

Among other wealthy communities that have adopted various delay tactics, Coronado stands out for its long track record of openly flouting the law.

Coronado’s elected officials have thumbed their noses at Gov. Gavin Newsom and state regulators, calling the process “central planning at its worst” and assuring residents that it will be years before the state cracks down…(more)

What kind of threat can the state bring to a small island community? Are there develoopers who have aquired ownership of parcels of land they are eager to build on? Which land owners are chomping at the bit to build here?