As Holland & Knight has previously reported, California courts have consistently enforced state housing laws that preempt land use and planning decisions by local governments. (See previous Holland & Knight alerts, "Court of...more
6/22/2021
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Constitutional Amendment ,
General Plan ,
Housing Developers ,
Housing Market ,
Land Use Restrictions ,
Local Ordinance ,
Moratorium ,
Preemption ,
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Referendums ,
State and Local Government ,
State Constitutions ,
Urban Planning & Development ,
Zoning Laws
• Sacramentans for Fair Planning v. City of Sacramento is a case of first impression holding that cities and counties may continue to rely on the streamlined environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act...more
7/30/2019
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Due Process ,
Environmental Assessments ,
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) ,
Equal Protection ,
General Plan ,
Land Use Restrictions ,
Mixed-Use Zoning ,
Sustainable Communities Strategy ,
Sustainable Projects ,
Urban Planning & Development
• Two recent decisions by California courts offer important judicial guidance on the longstanding issue of reconciling local government land use decisions with the referendum and initiative powers reserved to the people by...more
9/10/2018
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Ballots ,
CA Supreme Court ,
CEQA ,
Development Agreements ,
General Plan ,
Local Ordinance ,
Municipalities ,
Preemption ,
Property Owners ,
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Remand ,
Reversal ,
State and Local Government ,
Vacated ,
Zoning Laws
• In Visalia Retail, LP v. City of Visalia, the California Court of Appeal has rejected a challenge brought under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to a land use policy in the City of Visalia's General Plan...more
2/8/2018
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City Planning Departments ,
Commercial Real Estate Market ,
Commercial Use ,
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) ,
General Plan ,
Land Developers ,
Property Dedication ,
Property Owners ,
State and Local Government ,
Urban Planning & Development