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Epic Battle over Lafayette Housing Project Finally Ends as California Supreme Court Refuses to Review Unanimous Court of Appeal Opinion Upholding Project Approvals
USA - March 17 2023 After 12 arduous years, the 315-unit Terraces of Lafayette apartment project is finally clear to be constructed now that the California Supreme Court…
Court Rejects Meritless Challenge to Livermore Affordable Housing Project
USA - January 31 2023 On January 26, 2023, in Save Livermore Downtown v. City of Livermore, __Cal.App.5th __ (2021) (Case No. A164987), the First District Court of Appeal…
New California Law Addresses Delays by Public Agencies in the Post-Entitlement Permitting Process
USA - November 30 2022 On January 1, 2023 Assembly Bill 2234, an important new post-entitlement accountability and Streamlining law that amends the Housing Accountability…
“Builder’s Remedy” Provides Key Housing Production Opportunities in California
USA - October 31 2022 California is in the midst of the 6th Regional Housing Needs Allocation cycle known as RHNA, a state-mandated process that requires all cities and…
New UC Irvine Study Debunks NIMBY Claims That New Affordable Housing Development Reduces Local Property Values and Increases Crime
USA - June 13 2022 NIMBY project opponents rely on an ever-shifting array of flimsy arguments to challenge new housing developments, especially those with affordable…
Court Holds that the Legislature Really Did Dissolve Redevelopment Agencies and Rendered the 15% Affordable Housing Requirement Inoperative
USA - May 26 2022 The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is an extremely well-funded Los Angeles-based non-profit that now engages in some of the most pernicious anti-housing…
California Attorney General Continues to Enforce State Housing Laws
USA - March 31 2022 In late 2020, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the creation of a “Housing Strike Force” within the California Department of Justice…
State Housing Law Again Preempts Subjective Local Development Standards
USA - February 28 2022 On February 2, 2022, in Bankers Hill 150 v. City of San Diego, __ Cal.App.5th __ (Case No. D077963), the Fourth District Court of Appeal relied on…
Court Affirms City’s Determination That Substantial Evidence Supports Approval of Mixed-Use Development Project
USA - January 31 2022 On September January 12, 2022, in Old East Davis Neighborhood Association v. City of Davis, __ Cal.App.5th __ (Case No. C090117), the Third District…
California Department of Housing and Community Development Warns San Francisco About Potential Violations of State Housing Law
USA - November 24 2021 For decades developers and landowners have considered San Francisco as a City that is unfriendly to property rights. From the City’s Hotel Conversion…
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