Judge finds "nothing new" in People's Park CEQA case, which is a companion to the enrollment case. >>read more

Appellate court rules that 2018 reduction in water supply was done under a set of 2010 leases between the city's Department of Water & Power and leasing ranches in Mono County. >>read more

The justices have taken aim at the "substantive due process" argument -- which landowners have always tried to use to overturn land use decisions they don't like. >>read more

In a case from San Diego, an appellate court reaffirms a 13-year old ruling that says the legislature has barred RHNA allocation lawsuits by COG members. >>read more

When it doesn't allow the environmental impact report to analyze anything except the project that was proposed -- in this case, a Crystal Geyser bottling plant near Mount Shasta. >>read more

Court sides with developer in 48-year-old case from Tiburon but judge goes off on CEQA. Meanwhile, Marin County negotiates with developer to purchase the property for open space. >>read more

AIDS Heathcare Foundation and Redondo Beach get nowhere in their argument that city councils can't override local ballot measures. >>read more

AHF attempted to increase affordable housing in a neighboring project by invoking the repealed redevelopment law. >>read more

Manhattan Beach tried to retrofit an old ordinance to cover short-term rentals without Coastal Commission approval. It didn't work. >>read more

An appellate court says yes -- if funding sources are available, even if it's unlikely that the landowner is willing to sell. >>read more