A judge has overruled a voter-approved plan in the California city of Pleasanton to cap the number of new residences allowed in the city in an effort to curb the area's growing congestion.
The judge's ruling argues that the city's plan violates a state rule that requires cities to take on their fair share of regional population growth.
"The ruling is the first by a California judge to require a city to change its zoning to accommodate new housing, said attorney Richard Marcantonio of the nonprofit Public Advocates firm, which represented the plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the cap.
Those plaintiffs said Pleasanton was welcoming employees to office parks and other businesses, but forcing other cities to house them."
FULL STORY: Pleasanton housing cap violates law, judge says
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