Pro-housing groups have filed a set of lawsuits accusing three California cities of unfairly blocking more housing development near transit.
The lawsuits from the nonprofit Californians for Homeownership accuse San Diego, San Francisco, and Montebello of putting up barriers that contravene Senate Bill 79, the state’s law pushing dense residential development near transit.
The group, which is financially backed by the California Association of Realtors, said the suit aims to compel the three cities to pick up the pace of approving new projects…