California’s housing department says the Stanislaus County city of Patterson may have violated state law when it blocked a 700-home subdivision earlier this year, warning the city it could face action from the state attorney general.
The California Department of Housing and Community Development sent a Sept. 22 letter to city leaders after the council voted in April to reject the Keystone Ranch project, a 95-acre development within the Zacharias Master Plan area.
The letter said Patterson failed to make the required findings under the state Housing Accountability Act before denying the project…