Nine community groups on Tuesday urged the City Council to appeal the "unattainable, irrational, and environmentally unsustainable" housing targets mandated by the State.

The letter came hours before the Council takes up an emergency interim ordinance streamlining Santa Monica's permitting process to reach the mandated 8,874 units, 70 percent of them affordable ("Council Could Immediately Streamline Permit Process to Spur Housing Development," March 5, 2020).

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