New General Plan Trumps Old Specific Plan, Cal Supremes Rule
In an important new decision, the California Supreme Court has ruled that a new general plan trumps an old specific plan in determining a property’s development potential. The Supreme Court’s ruling overturned a Court of Appeal decision and affirmed a successful citizen referendum reversing the Orange City Council’s decision to permit 39 houses on 51 acres on a golf course site in Orange Park Acres.
