LA Metro wins case against Bonaventure Hotel, whose construction 50 years ago removed LA's original subway tunnel.

SB 35 lawsuit -- and HCD action -- still pending despite agreement between city, developer, and neighbors.

Legal Briefs, Sept 2022

Pismo Beach tried to charge a self-storage facility $1.1 million in water fees. The company wanted to pay $62,000. Guess who won in court?

A tiny CSD in the Delta tried to put a measure on the ballot to dissolve itself. But the CSD didn't go through the LAFCO process and got its hand slapped by an appellate court.

But new legal case challenges clearance from BCDC.

Federal agency pre-empts actual licensing of hydroelectric system, but CEQA still applies to some state actions.

<p>Visalia put an ag mitigation program in its general plan -- then abandoned it. Does the city have to study the impact of that policy choice? A judge in Tulare County says yes.</p>

Property owners can't be require to pay full cost of Broad Beach improvements, court rules.

if upheld on appeal, L.A. judge's ruling could completely upend the way cities interpret the consistence between general plans and zoning.

Although Superior Court judge found "nothing new" and ruled for UC, an appellate panel has stayed the decision to move forward with the housing project.

Appellate court rules that 2018 reduction in water supply was done under a set of 2010 leases between the city's Department of Water & Power and leasing ranches in Mono County.