Environmental Law
Envt'l Law News Fall 2019, Vol. 28, No. 2
Content
- Is the Housing Accountability Act the Solution to California's Housing Crisis?
- Editor's Note...
- 2019-2020 Environmental Law Section Executive Committee
- Any Act Necessary? the Fifth Appellate District's Decision in Inzana v. Turlock Irrigation District
- Environmental Law News Publications Committee
- The Delta Tunnels/California WaterFix: Part 2 of the Swrcb Water Rights Change Petition and Beyond
- An Aquifer Betrayed: the Monterey Desalinization Project at Odds with California Water Law
- Table of Contents
- Open-Pit Metallic Mining in California: Still Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place (To Mine)
- Sedimentation in California Reservoirs: a Long-Term Problem of Immediate Concern
Is the Housing Accountability Act the Solution to California’s Housing Crisis?
by Sarah M. K. Hoffman*
Sarah M. K. Hoffman
I. INTRODUCTION
The maturing Housing Accountability Act ("HAA") is shaking up the housing development pipeline in California, but its polarizing effects have advocates reading the acronym as "Holding Agencies Accountable," while opponents think of it as "Hurting Agency Autonomy." So, what is the truth about the HAA?