Events in the news this week.
A court hearing is scheduled Wednesday over a lawsuit aimed at keeping the countywide slow-growth initiative off the June ballot. The lawsuit, filed by the Building Industry Assn. of Southern California, the Orange County Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Industrial Development Assn., contends that the initiative is too broad, unworkable and poses unrealistic burdens on builders and developers.
Called the Citizens’ Sensible Growth and Traffic Control Initiative, the measure would link new development with acceptable levels of traffic and public services. It would require developers to improve or build roads to meet those levels. Wednesday’s hearing comes about a week before the county is to begin printing ballots for the June 7 primary.
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