SAN CLEMENTE
A voters initiative to temporarily prohibit residential development in the city may still have some life.
The state Court of Appeal in Santa Ana will hear arguments from lawyers Wednesday to consider overturning a judge’s decision to invalidate the initiative on the grounds it would not survive judiciary review, lawyers for the initiative’s authors said.
If approved, the Residential Building Permit Moratorium Initiative would stop development until a second regional roadway is built from Avenida La Pata to Ortega Highway just east of San Juan Capistrano.
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