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A Superior Court Judge has ruled that Oceanside’s Nov. 3 referendum on the North River Farms project proposed for South Morro Hills is invalid and that the 585-home Integral Communities development can proceed “assuming other pending litigation does not prevent it.”
The Legislature clearly intended to preempt referendums designed to restrict “development of housing within this state” under Government Code 66300, which was passed in 2019 to address the state housing shortage, said Judge Richard S. Whitney in the final ruling Thursday afternoon.
Oceanside City Attorney John Mullen said Friday the city has not decided whether it will appeal the case. The developer also faces an unrelated lawsuit filed by the local nonprofit Preserve Calavera, which challenges the environmental impact report approved for the project.
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The result of a ballot measure in which more than two-thirds of Oceanside voters rejected the construction of up to 585 homes in South Morro Hills appears to be jeopardized by a tentative ruling last week in San Diego Superior Court.
If upheld, the ruling would be a victory for Integral Communities, the developer seeking to build the North River Farms project in an agricultural area of northeastern Oceanside. Integral filed the suit in January 2020 alleging that the citizen-led referendum violates state law.
Judge Richard S. Whitney said in his tentative ruling released Friday that the referendum was “preempted” by the California Legislature’s efforts in Government Code section 66300 “to maximize the development of housing within this state.”
Police clear much of large homeless camp in Oceanside, offer motel vouchers
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and last updated 2021-04-13 20:24:49-04
OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KGTV) - With motel vouchers in hand, police in Oceanside cleared out most of a homeless camp along South Oceanside Boulevard.
Early in the morning, rows of police recorded moving toward a large homeless encampment, 48 hours after the required notice was posted.
Last week, the Oceanside City Council passed several measures, including a motel voucher program, offering up to 30 motel rooms for the homeless, up to three weeks at a time.
If the voucher is refused, a new anti-camping ordinance will allow police to ticket the homeless, before removing a tent.
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The Oceanside City Council unanimously approved an emergency motel voucher program and an anti-camping ordinance Wednesday, both effective immediately and aimed at the tent communities growing along South Oceanside Boulevard and elsewhere.
The two actions are designed to work together, staff members said. If the city can offer homeless individuals an available bed and support services, it can ticket them for “camping, sleeping, sitting, lying and storing personal property” in public places when they refuse to leave.
Posting of the required 48-hour notices began at the camps Thursday morning, City Manager Deanna Lorson said by email. “There will be no criminal citations issued until the person has been offered shelter and/or a motel voucher,” she said. The city’s homeless outreach team, a combination of police officers and social workers, will offer an array of housing options and other services to the individuals.
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