In a provocative ruling, an appellate court said that because federal law makes marijuana illegal, Santa Barbara County's approval of an easement to permit transportation of the substance cannot stand. 

The latest legal news in short bursts: Coastal Commission can't allow seawalls on projects built after 1976, ED1 revisions don't apply prospectively, and La Cañada Flintridge housing element appeal is moot.

City will get more funds to build infrastructure in Southeast Development Area. But the county will get a bigger slice of the pie elsewhere.

Appellate court rejected the idea that the hotel is too tall but agreed that fire protection is lacking. 

The CP&DR Vol. 39 No. 12 December 2024 Report

Nothing went viral. But most of the popular stories had to do with housing and housing legislation. Curiously missing were CEQA stories.

The Citywide Housing Incentive Program may be the most important zoning reform in L.A. in decades. But it still may not be enough.

Reversing a trial judge, an appellate court ruled that a seawall can be built to protect an apartment complex built in 1972 -- but not an adjacent condo building built in 1984, eight years after the Coastal Act was passed.