In the first part of the Housing New Law Guidance series from Best Best & Krieger LLP (BBK), we cover important new housing legislation for 2024 related to adaptive reuse projects, density bonus and accessory dwelling units...more
Getting Ahead of an Annual AB 1486 Mandate and New State-issued Compliance Tools -
Since Assembly Bill 1486 went into effect more than two and a half years ago, California cities, special districts and other local agencies...more
BB&K's New Law Guidance for a Happy New Year -
In Part Three of our “In With the New” series, BB&K covers important new legislation related to CEQA, development fees, housing, planning, zoning, public contracts and waste...more
Housing and Land Use and Environmental Laws Saw Changes in 2019 -
The California Legislature passed a number of laws last year that will have a significant impact on how public agencies — including cities and counties,...more
1/11/2019
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Local affordable housing authorities in California will see their oversight enhanced with the passage of AB 2035, signed Friday by Gov. Jerry Brown....more
10/3/2018
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After several years of efforts, the Port of San Diego and the City of Chula Vista approved a massive public-private partnership deal for the design and development of the $1.1 billion Chula Vista Bayfront hotel and...more
6/6/2018
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Despite bi-partisan agreement on the urgency to invest in the nation’s infrastructure to meet fast growing demands on our roads, railroads and waterways, there has yet to materialize a bi-partisan framework for funding and...more
Riverside County has issued a Request for Participants, seeking private companies who are willing to partner with the County and build out wireline and wireless broadband infrastructure to provide high-speed, broadband...more
Law Will Expedite Schedules for Qualified Projects -
On Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill extending special California Environmental Quality Act litigation streamlining provisions for large,...more
9/8/2016
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Public agencies can enhance municipal services and promote innovation through the transparent collection and analysis of “Big Data.” The data compiled from data collection technologies currently deployed in cities, such as...more
Cities have long been the center of economic growth in our country, and smart cities recognize that modern infrastructure is a key threshold issue to be addressed for successful economic development....more
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has extended its agreement with Veolia North America to manage and operate its collection and wastewater treatment system under a 10-year, $500 million contract, according to this...more
The City of Long Beach is moving forward with plans to tear down the city’s existing Civic Center and build a more than $530 million city hall, library, park and port headquarters using a groundbreaking public-private...more
In the largest public-private partnership procurement in the history of California, the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners announced plans to deliver a world-class transportation system to Los Angeles International...more
New Law Includes Dec. 31 Deadline for Agencies with Outstanding Payments Due under a Due Diligence Review -
After several attempts, the California Department of Finance successfully pushed forward new legislation to...more
AB 2 Appears to be the Long-Awaited Redevelopment Replacement Law -
Since the demise of redevelopment in 2012, and the assurance of a “replacement” by Gov. Jerry Brown, we have been waiting. We saw valiant efforts by...more
In the three years since California cities were forced to halt redevelopment projects, there is still much confusion as to how the process will proceed and how cities will deal with the sale of parcels, which range from...more
SB 562 is a special law intended to clarify procedures that allows the City of Long Beach to move forward with its new Civic Center project. Signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Aug.11, this law provides the City with discretion on...more
The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development will award more than $200 million in California Competes Tax Credits within the next year. The tax credits are for businesses that want to move to California, or...more
Partnerships between the public and private sector can help improve and sustain the ability of local governments to design, construct, finance, operate and maintain various infrastructure.
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The Strategic Growth Council approved nearly $122 million in grants for 28 affordable housing and sustainability projects across California, according to an article in the California Planning & Development Report. This...more
The California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan, first published by the California Public Utilities Commission in 2008 and updated in 2011, outlines California’s strategic goals to increase energy efficiency across myriad...more
The City of Los Angeles has issued a Request for Participants to create public-private partnerships to build a fiber-to-the-premises network that would offer gigabit-level speeds to residents and businesses at significantly...more
6/25/2015
As opportunities grow for public-private partnership procurement, political risk is the main threat to P3 projects. To sustain and grow the P3 market, the benefits will have to be communicated to elected officials and the...more
When Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, Sr. was the governor of California (1959 to 1967), major infrastructure projects were being constructed throughout the state. Today, under Governor Jerry Brown, communities are struggling to fund...more