Newport Beach council majority not on board with tweaking housing element for ENC

A request to discuss removing the 1.5-acre former home of the Newport Bay Hospital from the cty’s housing element died Tuesday night, April 15, lacking majority support from the Newport Beach City Council.
Councilmember Erik Weigand had asked for a straw vote of his colleagues and dozens of community members addressed the council in support.
Weigand, representing the West Newport district where the property lies along 16th Street, had hoped to get support from the rest of the council