by Juan Pablo Perez Burgos : BenitoLink – excerpt

Toward the end of a process that began more than four years ago, the San Benito County Planning Commission voted on Nov. 19 to recommend that the San Benito County Board of Supervisors reject the Housing Element, one of California’s key housing requirements, and start over from scratch.

Without a state-approved housing plan, the county could face lawsuits, loss of state funding and unbridled development.

To earn state certification, the county must plan for more than 700 new units in its unincorporated areas and rezone specific parcels to accommodate them. That rezoning plan was approved by planning commissioners and supervisors six months ago, but several landowners whose properties are on the list now say they were never notified.

Commissioner Robert Gibson argued that those owners should have been informed more than two years ago, during the first public discussions of the Housing Element.

“I was under the assumption that these people were notified at the time that we started discussing these particular parcels because to me that’s basic decency,” he said. “At this point, I’m not comfortable going forward, and it’s unfortunate that we’re at the 11th hour and the 59th second, but it’s unacceptable.”

Today, San Benito County’s lack of a certified Housing Element has enabled the planning of more than 2,300 units on land designated as rural or agricultural, according to county planning records…(more)

State Senate District 17 From Santa Cruz to San Luis Obispo: John Laird – how did Lair vote on SB 79?
State Assembly is the Assembly Speaker Rivas. We know how he voted.

Looks as if the County officials approved the housing element.