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06.26.13

Supreme Court Limits Land Development Permit Conditions

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management Agency.


05.23.13

CEQA Reform? What's In and What's Out with SB 731 (And What's Next...)

Lauded as the CEQA Modernization Act of 2013, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg’s SB 731 includes a number of amendments to CEQA that appear intended to appeal to a wide variety of interest groups.


12.13.12

Court Second-Guesses City, Finding Incorrect Description of Project Objective and Purpose

As the year comes to an end, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is facing a heightened level of focus from legislators and the general public as CEQA reform efforts for 2013 begin to take shape across the state.


11.02.12

CEQA Remedies Clarified

Preserve Wild Santee v. City of Santee Finds That CEQA Allows Courts to Issue Limited Fix-It Tickets for CEQA Deficiencies in EIRs Rather Than Decertifying the Entire EIR and Invalidating All Related Project Approvals. 


08.15.12

The Continued Wind Down of Redevelopment: Two Key Opportunities for Public-Private Partnerships

As we previously reported, the Redevelopment Dissolution Act (AB x1 26) dissolved all California redevelopment agencies as of February 1, 2012, and provided a complex scheme to wind down the affairs of the dissolved redevelopment agencies.


07.05.12

Charter City Public Works Projects Are Not Subject to Prevailing Wage Requirements

Charter cities are not required to comply with California’s prevailing wage law with respect to construction contracts for public buildings, according to a July 2, 2012, California Supreme Court decision.


06.20.12

Affordable Housing Project Found to Be Subject to Prevailing Wages

In a decision filed on June 15, 2012, the Fourth Appellate Court of Appeal determined that an affordable housing project in San Bernardino was subject to the requirement for the payment of prevailing wages under Labor Code Section 1720 notwithstanding the fact that the individual sources ...


06.04.12

Supreme Court Confirms Credit Bid Rights of Secured Creditors

The United States Supreme Court, in the case of Radlax Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank (“Radlax”), ruled that secured creditors have the same right to credit bid in collateral sales under a plan of reorganization as they do in sales under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code ...


05.21.12

Redevelopment Update—Budget Trailer Bill Targets Wind-Down of California’s Redevelopment Agencies

Last week the California Department of Finance released the trailer bill language for this year’s Governor’s proposed budget. “Trailer bills” are budget implementation bills and often include changes to existing law. 


04.17.12

City of Los Angeles—Planning and Zoning Update

As part of the City of Los Angeles’ comprehensive effort to revise its Planning and Zoning Code, which has not been done since 1946, and to streamline the development process to make it more clear, the City recently approved two significant ordinances.