An extraordinarily complicated takings case stemming from the City of Capitola's mobile home rent control ordinance has received new life, even though the city has won numerous rounds in federal and state court.

A city is not required to provide credit against park and recreation fees when it requires a developer to dedicate private open space, the Sixth District Court of Appeal has ruled.

A billboard company has won the latest round in a drawn-out conflict with the City of Riverside. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Valley Outdoor Inc. may challenge the city's handling of a permit application but may not contest the city's sign ordinance.

A use permit condition limiting groundwater extraction to 12,000 acre-feet of water per year did not constitute a taking of property, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled. >>read more

A Rohnert Park mobile home park owner's demand that a court grant a rent increase because an unconstitutional city law held down rents has been rejected.

A $1.4-million damages award that a jury granted to the owner of a San Bernardino adult cabaret has been upheld by the Fourth District Court of Appeal. The damages were based on expenses and lost income from a 53-month period when the City of San Bernardino's zoning ordinance - w

A divided appellate court panel has upheld a 2004 regulation that gives the director of the state Department of Conservation the final say over whether reclamation of a surface mine has fulfilled the mine's reclamation plan.

A San Luis Obispo County businessman who did not attend a California Coastal Commission hearing regarding his proposed project has lost a lawsuit contending that he was not provided adequate notice of the hearing.

The City of Long Beach must pay a mortgage holder $273,500 in damages plus attorney fees for demolishing an apartment building without providing adequate notice to the lender.

While there is no star for "blight" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, blight is prominent in the neighborhood. The Second District Court of Appeal has upheld an amendment to a two-decade-old redevelopment plan for Hollywood.

The California Supreme Court has accepted two more land use cases, one involving a habitat conservation plan for North Coast redwood forests and one involving the red-hot issue of eminent domain.

Tulare County owes the Dinuba Redevelopment Agency property tax-increment dollars that the county erroneously distributed to itself and nine other local government agencies, the Fifth District Court of Appeal has ruled.