Two Of Its Attorneys Have Been Chosen For The 2023 California Super Lawyers List
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Emerging Issues in Evaluating Wildfire Impacts under CEQA: A Resource Guide
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Like A Phoenix Rising, A Recorded 1869 Subdivision Map Forms A Partial Foundation To Support The Creation Of Separate Legal Parcels In Later Transactions
Like A Phoenix Rising, A Recorded 1869 Subdivision Map Forms A Partial Foundation To Support The Creation Of Separate Legal Parcels In Later Transactions…
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The First Appellate District Held City of Oakland’s Waterfront Ballpark District Project EIR Was Adequate Except For The Wind Mitigation Measure
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The First Appellant District Held City of Oakland’s Waterfront Ballpark District Project EIR Was Adequate Except For The Wind Mitigation Measure …
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NAVIGATING RECENT LEGISLATION ON SECOND UNITS, LOT SPLITS AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN ADDRESSING CALIFORNIA’S HOUSING CRISIS
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NAVIGATING RECENT LEGISLATION ON SECOND UNITS, LOT SPLITS AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN ADDRESSING CALIFORNIA’S HOUSING CRISIS…
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The Second Appellate District Backs City Infill Exemption For Senior-Living Facility in Urban Los Angeles
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The Second Appellate District Backs City Infill Exemption For Senior-Living Facility in Urban Los Angeles…
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Appellate Court Gives Partial Credit To Regents On LRDP And Project EIR; however, Overall EIR Assignment Is Incomplete. Rowdy Students Partly To Blame.
In Make UC A Good Neighbor v. Regents of University of California (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th 656, the First Appellate District grappled with a university EIR that served two purposes: a long range development plan (“LRDP”) and a specific campus housing project. The LRDP serves as a master plan document for higher education facilities in…
CITY CORRECTLY APPPLIES SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WHEN APPROVING A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT
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Lafayette v. City of Lafayette (2022) 2022 Cal.App.LEXIS 979
A citizens’ group (Save Lafayette) petitioned for a Writ of Mandate, claiming that the project conflicts with the City’s General Plan as it existed when the project was revived in 2018. The trial court denied the petition and the appellate court ruled that despite the lengthy…
The Constitutionality of Legislative Exactions Is Explained In Recent Journal Article Published By Abbott & Kindermann Inc.’s Senior Counsel.
In 2016, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued this warning about legislative exactions: “Until we decide this issue, property owners and local governments are left uncertain about what legal standard governs legislative ordinances and whether cities can legislatively impose exactions that would not pass muster if done administratively.” He stated there are “compelling reasons…
Hold That Text!! Public Officials’ Communications About Public Matters On Private Accounts are Subject to Disclosure Under the California Public Records Act
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By Daniel S. Cucchi
City of San Jose v. Superior Court (March 2, 2017, S218066) ___ Cal.5th ___.
Citing the need to broaden the definition of “public records” to address the “evolving methods of electronic communication,” a unanimous California Supreme Court reversed the Sixth District Court of Appeal, holding that communications related to the “conduct…