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Racial tensions overshadow hearing on affordable project
Racial tensions and segregation concerns over an affordable housing proposal on the west side added to an already chaotic public hearing Tuesday, as city council members repeatedly traded barbs with speakers and fostered an open, heated dialogue that defied open-meeting rules.
$79 million debt puts clamps on RDA
As Hollister officials await word on the future of redevelopment agencies in California, one likely outcome remains clear locally: The city's own RDA will have relatively few discretionary dollars to spend in the final 12 years of allowed program activity.
