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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - March 2022

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DOE launches partnership to cut in half building and factory emissions by 2030 - S&P Global – February 28 - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will partner with public and private stakeholders to develop ways to slash greenhouse...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Schwabe Gets Briefed on JTM’s Esterra Park Carbon-Neutral Project

The final phase of the Esterra Park development in Redmond, Washington, is a carbon-neutral development. Schwabe client JTM Construction is the general contractor for that project. As attorneys, we are interested in staying...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - May 2021 #2

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Governor Newsom signs bill expediting the environmental review process for certain housing projects - Courthouse News Service – May 20 - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 7,...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - August 2020 #2

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L.A. aims to increase affordable housing with proposed zoning changes - Daily Breeze – August 6 - The Los Angeles Department of City Planning last Thursday released plans for an incentive-based zoning system for...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - February 2020 #4

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California lawmakers eye limits on housing project fees - Associated Press – February 25 - In their latest bid to combat California’s affordable housing crisis, state lawmakers this Monday announced a package of bills...more

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29th Annual Land Use & Development Law Briefing - 2019

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Land Use and Development Case Summaries (short form) - 1. PLANNING AND ZONING - CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE V. CITY OF MORENO VALLEY, 26 Cal. App. 5th 689 (2018) - Based on the language and...more

Downey Brand LLP

Fifth Appellate District Upholds City of Visalia’s General Plan Update Against Challenge to Square Footage Restrictions in...

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On January 30, 2018, the Fifth Appellate District certified for publication its earlier opinion in Visalia Retail, LP v. City of Visalia, upholding the City of Visalia’s (“City”) 2014 General Plan Update. Plaintiff and...more

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Real Estate and Land Use - August 2016 #3

Supreme Court Clarifies Valuation Rules on Potential for Future Exactions - City of Perris v. Stamper S217738 (Cal. Supreme Court, July 21, 2016) - Why it matters: The California Supreme Court reexamined the rules...more

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Groundwater Basin Boundaries and Priorities Will Impose New Management Challenges on Local Agencies

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The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which takes effect Jan. 1, requires that the Department of Water Resources categorize each of California’s 515 alluvial groundwater basins and subbasins as high, medium, low, or...more

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