Letter to the Editor — Lawsuits won’t solve affordable housing crisis

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA (Mar. 26, 2023) — Not one more dime of taxpayer money for lawsuits about housing.

We are a state best known for creative forward-looking solutions. Our kids, grandparents, service workers, teachers and medical personnel cannot afford to live here. Corporations are leaving because they can’t afford to pay workers to live here.

Huntington Beach and every other city and county in this state need to pull expertise together and figure out how to resolve the affordable housing mess. It will take creative, effective new community housing designs and mass and rapid transportation growth with new neighborhood parking designs. Green sustainability, power and water recycling buildout are required.

Let’s spend on methods to resolve with those taxpayer dollars – not methods to sue.

Concord and Contra Costa County throughout have work to do.

— Suzan Requa, Concord

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