Recent Articles in Legal Digest

Sales Office Trumps Warehouses in Sales Tax War

by William Fulton on Dec 27, 2017
Fontana, Ontario, Sales Tax, San Bernardino

Ontario's redevelopment agency did a deal with a medical supply company. Fontana, San Bernardino, and Lathrop were losers in the process. >>read more

Be Sure To Designate Your Preferred Alternative!

by William Fulton on Dec 3, 2017
CEQA, Lake Tahoe, Parks

State Parks EIR overturned because five alternatives were proposed -- but none designated as preferred. >>read more

Legal Digest: Always Sue The Right Agency!

by William Fulton on Nov 6, 2017
ALUC, Conditional use permits, Marijuana

A property owner who claimed that the San Diego County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan resulted in a taking of property sued the wrong agencies, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled. >>read more

Legal Briefs: Oct 15, 2017

by William Fulton on Oct 15, 2017
Contra Costa County, Redwood City, Subdivision Map Act

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Nothing Unusual About Telegraph Hill

by William Fulton on Oct 15, 2017
CEQA, Conditional Use Permits, San Francisco, Telegraph Hill

Appellate case upholds CEQA exemption for condo project. >>read more

Prop. 13's Vote Requirement May Yet Survive Upland Ruling Intact

by Michael G. Colantuono on Sep 13, 2017
Marijuana, Proposition 13, Proposition 218, Voter Initatives

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

Prop. 218 Doesn't Apply to Initiatives

by William Fulton on Aug 30, 2017
Initiative & Referendum, Marijuana, Proposition 218, Upland

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

 

Land Purchase Agreement Doesn't Trigger CEQA, Court Rules

by William Fulton on Aug 13, 2017
CEQA, Community College District, Wildomar

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

CEQA Applies to Public Railroad Projects, Cal Supremes Rule

by William Fulton on Aug 8, 2017
CEQA , High-Speed Rail, Railroads

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

Supreme Court Backs SANDAG on SCS

by William Fulton on Jul 15, 2017
Greenhouse gases, SANDAG, SB 375

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