At the California Land Use Law and Planning conferences, lawyers for cities and developers alike agreed that the big "shot clock" reforms in AB 130 and SB 131 will change the landscape dramatically for both sides.
Appellate court rules that county can't condition permit completeness on additional environmental information not on the checklist -- but can do so if the checklist is more complete.
If a city rejects a builder's remedy application as incomplete, is that the end of the story? Or does the applicant have multiple 90-day opportunities to comply? Several Silicon Valley lawsuits have been filed seeking the resolve the question.
After a review, HCD has told San Francisco it must start reforming its entitlement process by Thanksgiving or else. Will the state start investigating other cities' entitlement processes as well?
In a new lawsuit, the developer claims the city stalled the application so long it amounted to a denial. The city claims it is processing the developer's builder's remedy application.
