Coral Blossom opponents file appeal, will be heard by Elk Grove Planning Commission
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Following up on comments made following the recent Elk Grove Zoning Administrators meeting, opponents of the Coral Blossom affordable housing project have filed an appeal. The opponents are seeking to reverse the June 17 decision by Elk Grove Zoning Administrator Christopher Jordan that essentially acted as the approval for the 81-unit affordable apartment facility at 8484 Elk Grove-Florin Road.
Twenty individuals submitted the appeal, which will be heard by the Elk Grove Planning Commission. The opponents live adjacent to the project in the Foxberry Glen neighborhood.
The appellants claim "the city violated the law by moving the project from the Elk Grove Blvd. site to the Elk Grove-Florin site." The Coral Blossom facility replaces the Oak Rose project that the city rejected in July 2022.
The Old Town-Historic Downtown Oak Rose project generated vocal opposition from a small group of people and businesses. Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and her city council bowed to pressure and rejected the project.
After the city rejected the Oak Rose project, California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the city for breaking fair housing laws. Along with the state's lawsuit, Oak Rose developer Long Beach, Calif.-based Excelerate Housing Group (EHG) also sued the city.
In response to the lawsuits, Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and her city council offered to move the project to Elk Grove-Florin at a $10 million cost to taxpayers, much of it going to the developer. That switch, the appellants argue, "is a violation of SB 35 (section 65913.4 of the Government Code), the Housing Accountability Act (the HAA), the Nondiscrimination in Land Use Law (Section 65008), the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Statue (AFFH) and the Housing Element Law."
The appeal was filed by Elizabeth Marshall, who has been the opponents' de facto spokesperson. Ms. Marshall did not respond to an email request for comment on the appeal, which costs the opponents $2,500.
The appeal will be heard during the Thursday, August 1, planning commission meeting at city hall. The appeal can be viewed starting on page 71 of this document.
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