In latest Fanita Ranch skirmish, appellate court says conservation easements and better land management are sufficient mitigation for lost gnatcatcher habitat.

An appellate court strikes down the notion that an Airbnb unit requires a coastal development permit.

Tsakopoulos Challenges Competitor's EIR on Climate Change -- And Loses.

Salinas school districts argued that they'd never be able to build planned schools and so additional environmental analysis needed to be conducted about the impact. They lost.

City claims it just didn't have enough planning capacity to meet RHNA deadlines.

City claims HCD has no legal authority to approve housing elements -- and also claims the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling knocks out AFFH argument

Orange County judge sides with city in homebuilder's attempt to develop golf course property. City says Lennar's builder's remedy application is incomplete

<p>Developer claims that under the Density Bonus Law, density and height can be calculated based on the entire site, not just an individual building.</p>

A dispute from the Livermore area suggests that general plan designations and zoning ordinances have not kept pace with renewable energy advances -- leading to interpretation disputes. In Livermore, the courts have sided with public agency interpretations and against environme

As in other cities, Redondo claims it "self-certified" its housing element, thus protecting it from a builder's remedy claim. The developer of the city's former beachfront power plant claims HCD approval was required.

When a court told the City of San Diego to engage in more CEQA review, the city abandoned the project. Then the plaintiff tried to get the city to conduct the review anyway -- but an appellate court overruled her.

Montecito homeowners said Santa Barbara County couldn't enforce its encroachment law because the county had to go through a CEQA process. An appellate court said the homeowners who blocked parking spaces on their road were the lawbreakers, not the county