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Measure D — A 1999 Growth Control Law Colliding with 2026 State Mandates • Featured
active • Housing
Created by CivicCause
Last activity: Jun 13, 2026
Half Moon Bay's most fundamental housing constraint is a voter-approved growth control law that has been on the books for 27 years. Measure D, passed by Half Moon Bay voters in 1999, limits annual population growth to between 1% and 1.5% by
Farmworker Housing — A 555 Kelly Avenue Project Three Years in the Making • Featured
active • Housing
Created by CivicCause
Last activity: Jun 13, 2026
The 555 Kelly Avenue senior farmworker housing project is simultaneously Half Moon Bay's most important affordable housing action and its most politically painful civic saga. Born from the shock of the January 2023 mass shooting that killed
Governor Newsom's "Final Warning" — Housing Compliance on the Brink • Featured
active • Housing
Created by CivicCause
Last activity: Jun 13, 2026
Half Moon Bay is the only Bay Area city named in Governor Newsom's March 2026 housing enforcement action — a distinction that carries serious legal consequences. Newsom gave Half Moon Bay and 14 other cities 30 days to respond to notices be