Councilman Jose Solorio Helps Delay Affordable Housing in Santa Ana—Again!

Affordable housing in the form of Amcal's "shovel ready" 64-unit project on East First Street never stood a chance before the SanTana city council last night, even as the meeting stretched into 1 a.m.. Back in April 2016, council approved Heritage Village, the city's largest mixed-used residential development, by the 55 freeway on the condition it would pay nearly $10 million at once to "opt-out" of building affordable housing units. Under the Housing Opportunities Ordinance (HOO), the money would go to Amcal, but everything changed after that.

Read more on my latest OC Weekly Navel Gazing Blog post:

http://www.ocweekly.com/news/councilman-jose-solorio-helps-delay-affordable-housing