Will the Supreme Court's Abortion Ruling Make It Easier To Turn Down Development Projects in California?
Will U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs abortion ruling make it easier for local governments in California to deny land use projects proposed by private developers?? The answer lies in the complicated and sometimes obscure area of law known as substantive due process – and the question of whether developing one’s property is, at least under some circumstances, a protected constitutional right, as abortion was under Roe v. Wade.
