If approved, Measure H would replace the city’s state-approved housing plan with a new plan that substantially decreases the number of homes that could be built.
What’s at stake
Measure H would require the city to zone for much less new housing, about 65% less, than the amount carved out in the city’s current state-approved housing plan. And it would allow exclusively moderate- and low-income housing, with no allowance for additional market-rate housing until the affordable housing is built.
The ballot measure is the latest move in a years-long battle over where and how much housing should be developed in Newport Beach. If it passes, critics say the city would likely find itself on a legal collision course with Sacramento that could take years and countless tax dollars to unravel.
Official title on the ballot: Measure H — City of Newport Beach General Plan Amendment…