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California's 2024 Housing Laws: What You Need to Know

The 2023 California Legislative session, like the last several, saw the enactment of a large number of significant new housing production laws. (See Holland & Knight's previous annual recaps of California Housing Laws in the...more

California Court of Appeal Affirms Powerful Litigation Tool for Defending Housing

One of the key problems contributing to California's housing crisis is that it is relatively easy for housing opponents to file litigation challenging housing approvals, and even a completely meritless lawsuit can cause years...more

Court Affirms Housing Applicants' Ability to Be Vested Against Downzonings

O'Brien Land Company's more than a decade-long odyssey to build 315 zoning-compliant homes – chronicled in Conor Dougherty's book Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America – has become the stuff of housing law legend,...more

California's 2023 Housing Laws: What You Need to Know

As in previous years, the California Legislature enacted a large volume of housing production laws in the 2022 session, some of which may have a significant effect on housing production in 2023. ...more

California Legislature Creates Pathways for Residential Development on Commercially Zoned Land

The California Legislature passed Assembly Bill (AB) 2011 (Wicks), the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, and Senate Bill (SB) 6 (Caballero), the Middle Class Housing Act of 2022, on Aug. 29, 2022. Both pieces...more

California Courts of Appeal Strengthen Density Bonus Law

Recent decisions from two court cases – Schreiber v. City of Los Angeles1 and Bankers Hill 150 v. City of San Diego2 – make California's Density Bonus Law a powerful tool not just for accessing increased density, but also for...more

California's 2022 Housing Laws: What You Need to Know

As in previous years, the California Legislature passed a large volume of laws related to housing in the 2021 legislative session. (See Holland & Knight's previous annual recaps of California Housing Laws in the final section...more

Court of Appeal Enforces Permit Streamlining Act in California Coastal Zone

In Linovitz Capo Shores LLC v. Calif. Coastal Commission (Linovitz Capo), California's Fourth District Court of Appeal applied and reconciled three different statutes. The first, the California Mobilehome Parks Act...more

California's 2021 Housing Laws: What You Need to Know

As California's housing supply and homelessness crisis continues to worsen, the state Legislature has for the past several years passed numerous pieces of housing legislation in each legislative session. ...more

California Legislature Passes Housing Crisis Act of 2019 and Rent Control Bill, Among Others

A handful of important state laws related to housing have been passed by the California legislature, including the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (SB 330), which provides a set of limited reforms to the Housing Accountability Act...more

California's 2019 Housing Laws: What You Need to Know - Another Wave of New Laws Shifts Housing Processing at the Local Government...

• After the California Legislature passed a high-profile package of 15 new housing laws in 2017, it has continued to focus on housing laws in 2018 to address the state's epic housing shortage. • As Gov. Jerry Brown winds...more

California Governor Signs into Law Major Reforms to Housing Accountability Act - New Law Increases Developers' Ability to Secure...

• California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law two bills that significantly reform California's Housing Accountability Act (HAA). • Effective Jan. 1, 2018, these laws will significantly increase the ability of housing...more

What's Old, What's New And What Works: Infrastructure And Affordable Housing Financing In The Post-Redevelopment Era - Corner...

This is the fourth edition in an ongoing series of "Corner Briefings" highlighting urban infill legal tools and opportunities. These updates identify new legal cases, legislative updates, grant opportunities and other urban...more

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