City of Eureka facing potential lawsuit over parking lot housing projects

EUREKA, Calif. — A group of petitioners known as “Citizens for a Better Eureka” are threatening legal action over their parking lot housing projects. The group is made up of commercial real estate firm Security National Properties, along with Eureka residents and business owners. “The project will impact my business, along with multiple businesses in this area,” Eureka business owner Ray Conti said. “There needs to be a different solution, come up with a different plan, besides using city-owned parking lots to build low-income housing.” Ray is the owner of Ray’s Old Town auto muffler and worries about the effect…