Livermore residents may not get to vote on controversial downtown housing project

Livermore residents may not get to vote on a bitterly contested affordable housing project after all.

After a court decision appeared likely to send the project before voters this November, city officials have determined a referendum isn’t necessary and that construction can move forward on the 130-unit complex downtown.

In March, a state appellate court ruled that the city had to consider a petition for a referendum by a neighborhood group opposing the project, set to be developed by the Hayward nonprofit Eden Housing.