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Sun Valley: Dumping Ground Or Urban Village?

Oct 30, 2007

Los Angeles County, Morris Newman, Places, Redevelopment, Vol. 22 No. 11 Nov 2007

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.

Cities Protect Industrial Lands

Oct 29, 2007

California, Legislation, Paul Shigley, Redevelopment, Vol. 22 No. 11 Nov 2007

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.

What's A Business Worth? City Says Not Much; Court Disagrees

Sep 24, 2007

CP&DR Staff, Legal Digest, Los Angeles County, Redevelopment, Vol. 22 No. 10 Oct 2007

An appellate court has upheld the awarding of $200,000 for lost goodwill to a business owner whose shop was taken by the Inglewood Redevelopment Agency, even though the business had mostly lost money.

City Wins Tax Allocation Argument Over County At State Supreme Court

Aug 29, 2007

CP&DR Staff, Legal Digest, Redevelopment, Tulare County, Vol. 22 No. 09 Sep 2007

The City of Dinuba's redevelopment agency is entitled to tax increment that Tulare County erroneously distributed to itself and nine other local government entities, according to a unanimous state Supreme Court ruling.

Eureka Conflict Of Interest Suit Is Ruled Too Late, Tossed Out

Aug 29, 2007

CP&DR Staff, Humboldt County, Legal Digest, Redevelopment, Vol. 22 No. 09 Sep 2007

A lawsuit contending that a Eureka Redevelopment Agency deal for a waterfront development violated conflict of interest laws has been thrown out. The First District Court of Appeal upheld a trial court judge, who ruled the lawsuit was filed after the statute of limitations had expired.

Court Blocks Fontana Redevelopment Bond, Questions Housing Expenditures

Aug 24, 2007

Legal Digest, Paul Shigley, Redevelopment, San Bernardino County, Vol. 22 No. 09 Sep 2007

Concluding that Fontana has dodged its affordable housing obligations since 1987, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has blocked the Fontana Redevelopment Agency from issuing $40 million in tax allocation bonds because the agency has exceeded its debt limit. The court also declined to "validate" a settlement between Fontana and the state Department of Housing and Community Development concerning a $67 million shortfall in affordable housing funds, and the court makes clear that Fontana has been avoiding is affordable housing obligations since 1987.

Capital Market Demands Coastal Exclusivity

Jun 29, 2007

Morris Newman, Orange County, Places, Redevelopment, Vol. 22 No. 07 Jul 2007

I simply adore being in Cannes, with its splendid, high-end hotels, its outdoor cafes, the elegantly turned-out couples strolling on the boulevard, the nearly naked young people frolicking at the water's edge, unembarrassed by their perfectly toned bodies and golden skin….What's that? I am mistaken? We're not on the Riviera? Oh, naughty carissima, you are trying to fool me with a cruel joke! This couldn't possibly be…Huntington Beach?

County Employs Redevelopment Tools After Disastrous Fire

by Paul Shigley on Jan 1, 2007

Redevelopment, Redevelopment Watch, San Bernardino County

San Bernardino County is using redevelopment tools to help a rural community devastated by the Southern California firestorms of 2003 rebuild. The effort is one of the first times a California redevelopment agency has formed a project area specifically to aid recovery from a natural disaster. >>read more

South Pasadena: Small Is Beautiful

Jan 1, 2007

Los Angeles County, Morris Newman, Places, Redevelopment, Vol. 22 No. 01 Jan 2007

Developing real estate in the City of South Pasadena is a little bit like the lovemaking of porcupines: Both are activities to be approached very, very carefully.

San Francisco Project Emphasizes Housing In Poor Neighborhood

Sep 1, 2006

Paul Shigley, Redevelopment, Redevelopment Watch, San Francisco, Vol. 21 No. 09 Sep 2006

Although it's city has been in the redevelopment business since 1948, San Francisco has recently created its largest redevelopment project area. The new, 1,300-acre Bayview Hunters Point project might also be the most controversial redevelopment project in a city where land use planning and development are always contentious.

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