As we detailed in a prior post here, on October 9, 2015, Governor Brown signed into law three bills (AB 243, AB 266 and SB 643) that together establish a comprehensive state regulatory system for the commercial cultivation, processing, manufacturing,…
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In an open letter to local government leaders, Assembly Member Jim Wood announced that “an inadvertent drafting error” has caused local governments to “scramble” to enact local regulations permitting the commercial cultivation of medical cann…
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Keep Our Mountains Quiet v. Co. of Santa Clara (236 Cal.App.4th 714) In Keep Our Mountains Quiet v. Co. of Santa Clara, the Sixth District Court of Appeal held that compliance with a noise ordinance does not necessarily bar a “fair argument” of s…
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City of Berkeley v. 1080 Delaware, LLC (2015) 184 Cal.Rptr.3d 177 Recently, in City of Berkeley v. 1080 Delaware, LLC (2015) 184 Cal.Rptr.3d 177, despite holding that the city’s affordable housing ordinance was not enforceable, the court still uphe…
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Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley 2015 WL 855725 In a widely anticipated decision, the California Supreme Court has overturned the First District Court of Appeals decision in Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley (2012)…
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TENANTS HAVE NO RIGHTS TO INDIVIDUAL NOTICE OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THEIR LANDORD San Francisco Tomorrow v. City and County of San Francisco (Parkmerced Investors, LLC) (2014) 176 Cal.Rptr.3d 430 The fact that a Development Agreement contains…
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The California Legislature has passed a bill providing an automatic 24-month extension for subdivision maps approved after January 1, 2000. Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill on July 11, 2013. The bill is an “urgency” measure and therefore take…
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Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management Dist. The United States Supreme Court has recently extended the requirements of Nollan v. California Coastal Comm’n and Dolan v. City of Tigard, which require that a government’s demand for property in e…
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