Monterey looks at 2021 top priorities
While nearly everyone agrees the city should pursue programs to help provide more housing, any enthusiasm is tempered by the elephant in the room: water. “We’re in a double bind,” Monterey Councilman Alan Haffa said. “The state is telling us to build more housing but when we want to convert commercial to residential the state says that might not be acceptable. We’ve dramatically reduced the amount of water we are using but the state seems to be saying it’s not a new water (source) so it doesn’t count. I’ve got a real problem with that.”