Aren’t there lawsuits that are going to overturn these State housing mandates? Can’t that alleviate the 2,415 RHNA housing allocation?

Yes, there are lawsuits in action now by cities. Indeed, Yorba Linda is a member of  the Orange County Council of Government (OCCOG), which has sued the State over the RHNA number for the SCAG region. Additionally, the City of Huntington Beach is on the front line of challenging the State and the Attorney General. The viability of those lawsuits winning and reducing the incursion of state mandates remains unclear at best. As was noted during a discussion at the Working Group, many of the judges that are hearing these cases have been appointed by the very people who are pushing these mandates. That does not indicate a reasonable probability of success with the lawsuits. Preliminary results have certainly broken in favor of the State and housing advocates and not local governments.