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Land Use Matters August 2024 – CEQA Appellate Decisions & Other Legal Developments

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City of Los Angeles - Increase to Planning Applications and Affordable Housing Linkage Fees - On July 1, 2024, the fee for planning and land use applications increased by 3.5% based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban...more

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California Supreme Court Reverses First District Court of Appeal’s Decision in UC Berkeley People’s Park Student Housing Case

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The California Supreme Court, on June 6, 2024, reversed the First District Court of Appeal’s decision regarding UC Berkeley’s Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) EIR. The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision clears the way for...more

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Student Housing P3s: A Model for Local Government Workforce Housing Solutions?

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For many years now, colleges and universities have looked to public-private partnerships (P3s) as the vehicle for delivering modern, apartment-style student housing facilities with quality amenities that enhance the overall...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - March 2024

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One day, Name, Image and Likeness may pivot away from collectives and pivot toward university-based funding. At least one prominent athletic department is preparing for the possibility....more

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The Continued Use of P3s in Higher Education

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In periods characterized by economic uncertainty or instability, it isn’t uncommon for public projects to quickly lose or divert essential funding for development or improvements in infrastructure. Many times, public works...more

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As Public Funding Dwindles, Colleges and Universities Turn to Private Sector Partners

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Historically, the federal government played the dominant role in funding large infrastructure projects across the country - in many cases funding all or nearly all of project costs. In recent decades, however, public funding...more

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COVID-19 Puts Universities’ Use of P3s to the Test

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Universities have utilized public-private partnerships (P3s) in recent years to facilitate various types of campus construction projects, including campus housing, specialized facilities, utility systems and even overall...more

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Opportunities for Social Infrastructure P3s (Yes, Including Colleges and Universities)

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Earlier this summer, Plenary Properties Merced completed construction on the well-known UC Merced 2020 campus-expansion project—a $1.2-billion, 1.2-million-square-foot social-infrastructure P3 that has been called the largest...more

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University of Iowa Vows to Go Green with its Utility Public-Private Partnership

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The University of Iowa has entered into a 50-year utility public-private partnership (P3), engaging a private partner to operate, maintain, optimize, and improve the University’s existing utility system and help the...more

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Basic considerations associated with the use of public-private partnerships (P3s) by colleges and universities with a focus on...

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Higher education institutions increasingly leverage P3s to deliver campus projects, including with respect to energy and utility assets, instead of traditional project structures that involve the institution owning and...more

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Florida Public Universities Face Scrutiny Over Spending on New Construction Projects

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On October 16, 2018, the Facilities and Budget and Finance Committees of the Board of Governors (BOG) for Florida's State University System met to consider, among other things, spending recommendations for capital improvement...more

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The Regents of the University of California Reaches Commercial and Financial Close on UC Merced 2020 Project

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The Regents of the University of California reached financial close on the UC Merced 2020 Project on August 16, 2016. The project is the first higher education availability payment P3 project to be awarded in the United...more

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Regents’ Approval Authorizes UC Merced 2020 Project to Move Forward

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The Regents of the University of California (the “Regents”) approved the commercial terms of the P3 agreement for the UC Merced 2020 Project (the “Project”) on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at the Regents meeting held in San...more

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CEQA’s Mitigation Requirement: No Public v. Private Distinction

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The California State University Board of Trustees (CSU) understandably takes the position that in this era of tightening budgets, its funds should only be used for education related improvements. ...more

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