The Southern California city of Norwalk agreed to repeal a ban on homeless shelters and pay $250,000 toward new affordable housing projects to settle a state lawsuit, state officials announced on Sept. 5.
The suburb of Los Angeles will also submit reports to the California Department of Housing and Community Development on the status of affordable housing projects to allow the state to monitor the city’s actions, according to the agreement.
The settlement, if approved by the court, will also require the city to create an affordable housing trust fund.
“The Norwalk city council’s failure to reverse this ban without a lawsuit, despite knowing it is unlawful, is inexcusable,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement….