Landowners claim San Jose downzoned their property but paid $96 million for similar property nearby.

Elk Grove dispute highlights question in density bonus law over whether a specific plan's ground-floor retail standard is a "fundamental land use zoning standard" that can't be waived -- if such a thing exists.

Stepping into a longstanding dispute over fire protection service in Tracy, the San Joaquin LAFCO gets its wings clipped for trying to impose a proactive "detachment" policy.

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.