Opinion: Will Poseidon’s HB desal plant take state money away from low-income housing?
The Poseidon Water company has asked for $1.1 billion from a pool of state money to help finance a controversial desalination plant proposed for Huntington Beach. It’s a prospect which critics argue could take those limited state dollars away from other projects that also qualify for the money but need it more. Like low-income housing. The state’s housing shortage is estimated to number in the millions of units. Meanwhile, Poseidon’s project proposal could reach its final state regulatory hurdle toward getting approved, in March.
-Written by Brandon Pho, a Voice of OC reporter and corps member with Report for America, a GroundTruth initiative.