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Legal Digest
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Loses To City of L.A. Again
In case challenging Flower Growers high-rise proposal, court finds that city properly adopted Appendix G as its CEQA checklist.

William Fulton
Jul 7, 2024
UCSF Exempt From Local Zoning
Even though part of the medical center's Parnassus Heights expansion was for business purposes, the university is still covered because it is pursuing its educational mission.

William Fulton
Jun 18, 2024
Redondo Beach Loses A Round To Power Plant Developer
Appellate court strikes down Anti-SLAPP motion, opening the door for an inverse condemnation lawsuit. Meanwhile, litigation over builder's remedy application continues.

William Fulton
Jun 9, 2024


Cal Supremes Remind Us CEQA Is Just A Law
In allowing People's Park housing project to go forward, high court defers to the Legislature's action to override a lower court ruling that drunken noisy students can be a significant impact under CEQA.

William Fulton
Jun 7, 2024
Fix The City Loses Again On Timing Issue
Limited-growth group's lawsuit against Expo Line Plan tossed out for being filed too early. But appellate court also said Expo Line Plan doesn't violate the Los Angeles General Plan's policy encouraging adequate infrastructure.

William Fulton
Jun 2, 2024
Fix The City Loses L.A Transit-Oriented Communities Case
Advocacy group is time-barred in challenging high-profile TOC case in the context of a specific project approval. But city must re-do seismic analysis on Santa Monica Boulevard project.

William Fulton
May 27, 2024
Capitol Annex EIR Not Properly Vetted
Appellate court criticizes state and Sacramento judge for allowing a revised EIR to go through without assurance that it fixed the defects the court previously identified.

William Fulton
May 20, 2024
Huntington Beach Loses Again
Judge rejects several arguments and tells the city to adopt a housing element by September.

William Fulton
May 20, 2024


Appellate Court Overturns Inverse Condemnation Award
In an unpublished ruling, the court found the futility rule did not apply to the notorious case of a Coronado bungalow, thus killing a jury's award of $800,000.

William Fulton
May 13, 2024
Judge Declares SB 9 Unconstitutional For Charter Cities
The law says it's supposed to promote "affordable housing," but L.A. judge throws the lot-split law out because it doesn't guarantee deed-restricted below-market rate units.

William Fulton
Apr 26, 2024
The End of Ehrlich
U.S. Supreme Court rules unanimously that California's unique exactions rule is unconstitutional. But will it really require California cities and counties to scale back on exactions?

William Fulton
Apr 13, 2024
Constitutionality of SB 10 Upheld
Locals officials are agents of the state when they are adopting an SB 10 ordinance, thus allowing them to overrule density caps imposed by voters, judges say.

William Fulton
Apr 8, 2024
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