Final warnings issued to 15 cities and counties for violating state housing law: • Atwater • Avenal • California City • Corcoran • Escalon • Half Moon Bay • Hanford • Kings County • Lemoore • Merced County • Montclair • Oakdale • Patterson • Ridgecrest • Turlock Final warning means the next step is the state coming in and overriding local zoning entirely. That's the actual threat here.