The continued wind down of redevelopment: two key opportunities for public-private partnerships *

USA - August 15 2012
As we previously reported, the Redevelopment Dissolution Act (AB x1 26) dissolved all California redevelopment agencies as of February 1, 2012, and provided a complex scheme to wind down the affairs of the dissolved redevelopment agencies.

Co-authors: Anita Y. Hsu.

Redevelopment update—budget trailer bill targets the wind-down of California’s redevelopment agencies *

USA - May 21 2012
Last week the California Department of Finance released the trailer bill language for this year’s Governor’s proposed budget.

Supreme Court upholds dissolution of redevelopment agencies and invalidates "pay to play" option *

USA - December 29 2011
After months of legal uncertainty, the California Supreme Court today issued its opinion in California Redevelopment Association, et al. v. Matosantos, Case No. S194861, marking the end of California’s 400+ redevelopment agencies (“RDAs”) and invalidating the alternative by which RDAs could provide a portion of their funds to the state and continue to operate (the alternative has been referred to as “pay to play”).

Court rejects the need for CEQA analysis of sea level rise and invalidates ceqa guideline *

USA - December 6 2011
In an opinion ordered published last Friday, December 2, 2011 (originally filed November 9, 2011), the Second District Court of Appeal held that the City of Los Angeles was not required to discuss the impact of sea level rise as a result of global climate change on a proposed mixed-use development project.