Will the City Council derail housing fast-track ballot questions?
In the eleventh hour, the fate of three ballot proposals that take aim at the city’s land use review process is in jeopardy. On Tuesday, the city’s Board of Elections will consider five questions approved by the Charter Revision Commission. Typically, this part of the process would be a mere formality, a stamp before the questions are posed to voters in November. But City Council leaders challenged three of the questions, alleging that they threaten to mislead voters. The questions ask whether various changes should be made to the city’s land use review process, largely related to speeding up approvals […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.
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