Land Use, Environmental, and Real Estate Law in California
Golden Door Properties, LLC v. Superior Court, 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 710
In Golden Door Properties, LLC v. Superior Court, the Fourth Appellate District addressed several key issues involving the scope of a CEQA record of proceedings, including the question of what is the obligation of a lead agency to retain emails, and…
Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann, Inc.’s July Environmental Action News – Part 2. This summary provides brief updates on recent environmental cases, legislation, and administrative actions in 2020.
To read the July 2020 Environmental Action News- Part 1 post,…
Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann, Inc.’s July Real Estate Law Action News. This summary provides brief updates on recent environmental cases, legislation, and administrative actions in 2020. The case names of the newest decisions start with Section 3 and are denoted by bold italic fonts.
To read the June 2020 Environmental…
By William Abbott and Jessica Melms
Redondo Beach Waterfront, LLC v. City of Redondo Beach (July 9, 2020) 2020 Cal.App.LEXIS 634.
In 2010, residents of Redondo Beach passed an initiative allowing the City to establish a public-private partnership for development of the Redondo Beach King Harbor Pier waterfront area. The initiative (“Measure G”) sought to…
Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann, Inc.’s July Environmental Action News – Part 1. This summary provides brief updates on recent environmental cases, legislation, and administrative actions in 2020.
To read the June 2020 Environmental Action News post, click here: https://blog.aklandlaw.com/2020/06/articles/ak-news/land-use-law-blog-june-environmental-action-news/
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By William W. Abbott, Diane Kindermann, Glen Hansen, and Daniel S. Cucchi
Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann’s 2020 2nd Quarter cumulative 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 italic fonts.…
By William Abbott and Jessica Melms
Developers acquire protection from changing land use laws through vesting tentative maps or development agreements. In many situations, a development project may include vesting maps and a development agreement, and occasionally, these vesting…
Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann, Inc.’s June Environmental Action News. This summary provides brief updates on recent environmental cases, legislation, and administrative actions in 2020.
To read the May 2020 Environmental Action News post, click here: https://blog.aklandlaw.com/2020/05/articles/land-use-law-blog-may-environmental-action-news/
There is one case pending at the…
Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann, Inc.’s June Real Estate Law Action News. This summary provides brief updates on recent environmental cases, legislation, and administrative actions in 2020. The case names of the newest decisions start with Section 3 and are denoted by bold italic fonts.
To read the May 2020 Environmental…
Spaces are still available! William Abbott and Harriet Steiner will teach a joint virtual course on June 26, 2020 titled, “Vested Rights, Vesting Maps and Development Agreements.” The seminar is hosted by UC Davis Extension.
Class Description:
Development agreements are an effective avenue for a community and developer to come together and process a…
