Plans For Low-Income Housing May Violate California’s Constitution
State of California and Bay Area regional governmental agencies’ plans to force local communities to construct low-income housing may be violating California’s Constitution. In November 1950, California’s voters passed Proposition 10, which prohibits any public body in the state from authorizing a low-rent housing project unless voters in an affected community approve the project. Proposition 10 was presented to voters as an amendment to California’s Constitution. The amendment is now known as Article 34 of the state’s Constitution. Specifically, Article…