WOODSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- A California town announced that it will accept applications for increasing housing after being warned against trying to claim an exemption to state law on grounds that the entire community is a mountain lion sanctuary.
The Silicon Valley enclave of Woodside said in a statement late Sunday that applications for development on single-family lots were to be accepted starting Monday.
The announcement came hours after California Attorney General Rob Bonta said that declaring the entire town a mountain lion sanctuary was a transparent attempt to avoid complying with Senate Bill 9.
The law is intended to address California's housing shortage by allowing homeowners to build up to four residential units on a single-family lot.
