Starting next month, Huntington Beach taxpayers will lose over $1,600 a day until city leaders get a state approved housing plan in place.
The $50,000 monthly fine is slated to go into a state housing trust that could spur housing production in other cities.
The penalty comes after San Diego Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal found city leaders have failed to implement a housing plan after a yearslong battle with state officials over whether they need to implement one at all…