By Glen Hansen
In Beverly Hills Unified School District v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2015) 241 Cal.App.4th 627, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“Metro”) approved the Westside Subway Extension Project (“Project”), which will extend the
By Brian Russell
North County Advocates v.City of Carlsbad (2015) 241 Cal.App.4th 94.
Westfield, the landowner and developer, (“Westfield”) proposed to renovate a 40‑year‑old shopping center located in the City of Carlsbad, California (“City”). In July 2013, the City approved Westfield’s request to renovate the former Robinsons-May store and other small portions of
Reserve your seat for one of four seminars taking place in early 2016.
In January and February 2016 Abbott & Kindermann, LLP will present its 15th annual educational program for clients and colleagues interested in current land use, environmental, and real estate issues affecting commercial and residential development, agriculture, real estate transactions, easements, mining
By Diane G. Kindermann, William W. Abbott and Glen Hansen
Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann’s 2015 Third Quarter Environmental update. This update discusses selected litigation, regulations / administrative guidance and pending legislation, on both the federal and state levels, in the following general areas of environmental law: (A) Water Rights and Supply, (B) Water Quality,
Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley (2015) 241 Cal.App.4th 943.
By William W. Abbott
The history of the controversial home in the Berkeley Hills is well documented. (Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley (2015) 60 Cal.4th 1086 (The California Supreme Court Tackles CEQA’s Gordian Knot: Unusual Circumstances and CEQA Exemptions [
By Glen C. Hansen
Siskiyou County Farm Bureau v. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (2015) 237 Cal.App.4th 411.
California Fish and Game Code sections 1600 et seq. were adopted in 1961 to ensure that the California Department of Fish and Game (now the Department of Fish and Wildlife, or “Department”) was notified for
By Glen C. Hansen
In Scher v. Burke (2015) 240 Cal.App.4th 381, the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District held, in the published portion of the decision: (1) that Civil Code section 1009 bars all use of non-coastal private real property, not simply recreational use of such property, from ever ripening into an implied dedication to the public after the March 4, 1972 effective date of that statute; and (2) that evidence about the use of a road on private property after that date cannot support a finding that the road was impliedly dedicated to public use prior to that date. (In the unpublished portion of the decision, the Court of Appeal examined extensive historical evidence and affirmed the trial court’s judgment that Plaintiffs had not established their right to an express, prescriptive, or equitable easement for access across Defendants’ properties. A copy of the entire Court of Appeal decision can be found here.)
Join William Abbott of Abbott & Kindermann, LLP in a class which ties together best practices for land development projects. This is an advanced class aimed primarily at project managers, engineers, and development consultants. This intense, three hour class interprets and applies:
By William W. Abbott, Diane G. Kindermann, Glen Hansen, Brian Russell and Dan Cucchi
Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann’s 2015 3rd Quarter CEQA update. This summary provides links to more in depth case write-ups on the firm’s blog. The case names of the newest decisions start with Section 3 and are denoted by bold
Join William Abbott of Abbott & Kindermann, LLP in a class which ties together best practices for land development projects. This is an advanced class aimed primarily at project managers, engineers, and development consultants. This intense, three hour class interprets and applies:
