Pebble Beach, CA Residents Want Affordable Housing To Be Built Elsewhere In Monterey County

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A number of local residents came out to protest loudly against building affordable housing in their neighborhood at a Pebble Beach Land Use Advisory Committee meeting last week.  They were apparently successful.  The committee has recommended 7-0 against allowing the 24 rental units the Pebble Beach Company was to build as a requirement for it getting approval for a massive construction project in the Del Monte Forest.  The Monterey County Board of Supervisors wants the units built in Pebble Beach.  We will have to wait to see how this plays out.  The project won't go before the Housing Advisory Committee until Jan 8, 2014 and county planners wouldn't review the project until months after that.  There is also an environmental impact report (EIR) which will have to be done.  If the units can't be built in Pebble Beach, they will still be built but in another part of Monterey County.  The Pebble Beach Company would have to pay a big fee if this happens.

Please note that this blog reflects my personal opinion and may or may not reflect the opinion of Hands to Help Seniors and the individual members comprising the Board of Governors.