Vol. 22 No. 11 Nov 2007
Sun Valley: Dumping Ground Or Urban Village?
30 October 2007 - 2:57pm | Author: Morris Newman
If any part of Los Angeles begs for redevelopment, it would be a 2,600-acre terrain in the northeast San Fernando Valley known as Sun Valley.
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Price: $2.95Elk Grove: 7-Year-Old City Seeks Land For Expansion
30 October 2007 - 2:53pm | Author: Paul Shigley
When voters approved the incorporation of Elk Grove in Sacramento County in early 2000, the town had a population of about 54,000. Today, Elk Grove’s population is heading past 140,000, and the city is looking at a 13,900-acre area for potential expansion.Price: $2.95 » read more | add to cart
Price: $2.95Mitigation, Rather Than Avoidance, Continues To Dominate In Fire-Prone California
30 October 2007 - 11:40am | Author: William Fulton
Should planning departments in California force developers to steer clear of fire-prone areas? Or should building departments force developers to fireproof their neighborhoods instead?Price: $2.95 » read more | add to cart
Price: $2.95Cal Supremes Modify CEQA Ruling, Decline Housing Element Case
29 October 2007 - 7:53pm | Author: CP&DR Staff
The state Supreme Court has modified its most recent California Environmental Quality Act ruling, but it rejected the losing side’s request for a re-hearing.Price: $2.95 » read more | add to cart
Price: $2.95City's Zoning Supercedes Easement For Equine Use, Court Determines
29 October 2007 - 7:40pm | Author: CP&DR Staff
Local zoning trumps a valid easement, the Second District Court of Appeal has ruled. In a case from Los Angeles, the court determined that one property owner’s easement on his neighbor’s property was valid but unenforceable because it violated the zoning.Price: $2.95 » read more | add to cart
Price: $2.95City May Not Grant Conditional Use In Lawsuit Settlement, Court Rules
29 October 2007 - 7:36pm | Author: CP&DR Staff
A settlement agreement between the City of Los Angeles and an Orthodox Jewish congregation that permits operation of a synagogue in a residential district has been invalidated by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.Price: $2.95 » read more | add to cart
Price: $2.95Court Orders Landlord To Follow Project Mitigations Despite Ellis Act
29 October 2007 - 6:59pm | Author: CP&DR Staff
A state law that permits landlords to go out of the rental business does not trump the California Environmental Quality Act, the Second District Court of Appeal has ruled.Price: $2.95 » read more | add to cart
Price: $2.95San Diego Wins High-Profile Eminent Domain Case
29 October 2007 - 6:50pm | Author: CP&DR Staff
A San Diego merchant who has become one of the state’s leading fighters against eminent domain has not only lost his appeal of a trial court decision upholding the taking of his shop, but he has also lost a $9 million award of compensation and attorneys’ fees.Price: $2.95 » read more | add to cart
Price: $2.959th Circuit Rejects All Challenges To San Luis Obispo County Law
29 October 2007 - 3:33pm | Author: CP&DR StaffSan Luis Obispo County | California Environmental Quality Act | Legal Digest | Vol. 22 No. 11 Nov 2007
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed a mobile home park owner’s attempt to invalidate San Luis Obispo County’s mobile home rent control ordinance.Price: $2.95 » read more | add to cart
Price: $2.95Cities Protect Industrial Lands
29 October 2007 - 1:17pm | Author: Paul Shigley
In the face of never-ending demand for housing and concerns about eroding the job base, some cities are imposing regulations to protect their industrial lands.Price: $2.95 » read more | add to cart
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