Brown Sues Pleasanton Over Housing Limit

UH Staff — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:15:07 -0500

Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

(06-24) 18:14 PDT PLEASANTON -- State Attorney General Jerry Brown joined a
legal challenge Wednesday to Pleasanton's 13-year-old limit on housing
construction, arguing that the East Bay community is defying state housing
laws and adding to urban sprawl, vehicle use and greenhouse gas emissions.

"Pleasanton's draconian and illegal limit on new housing forces people to
commute long distances, adding to the bumper-to-bumper traffic along
(Interstates) 580 and 680 and increasing dangerous air pollution," Brown