Legal Briefs: Oct 15, 2017

A California Supreme Court decision seemed to upend a major provision of Proposition 13 and its companion laws. Exuberant as it is, that analysis is misguided. >>read more

Cal Supremes distinguish between "local government" and "voters". >>read more

Among other things, a 10-slide powerpoint isn't an LRDP. >>read more

State railroads -- like the High-Speed Rail project -- are not pre-empted by federal railroad law. >>read more

Justices overturn lower court but can't say what adequate GHG analysis would be in the future. >>read more

In a blow to the Pacific Legal Foundation, the California Supreme Court rules that Encinitas landowners can't simultaneously sue and build. >>read more

Restricting chain stores via initiative isn't as easy as it looks. >>read more

In a new case from San Diego, the Fourth District says yes, overturning a judge who overturned the City Council. >>read more

Revised project on campus was a modification -- not a new project -- but First District rules that supplemental EIR was not sufficient. >>read more

Appellate court overturns trial judge's ruling blocking Mission Beach structure. >>read more

Coronado bungalow was declared historic even though similar houses weren't, but appellate court says that's the city's decision. >>read more

If they can be implemented independently, it's not "piecemealing," Sixth District rules >>read more