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

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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

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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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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

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Town vs. Gown - How Land Use and Environmental Laws Mediate Disputes Between Universities, Colleges and Communities

There are more than 150 four-year colleges and universities currently operating in the State of California. From the University of California’s nine campuses, to the California State University’s 23 campuses, and the more...more

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Construction Law Advisory - October 2015

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The Massachusetts Attorney General is taking action to ensure that general contractors working on public construction are complying with state requirements to use DBE/MBE subcontractors. In August 2015, the Attorney...more

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California Supreme Court Holds that State Agencies May Not Escape CEQA Mitigation Requirements Based on Failure of the Legislature...

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In a decision that enhances the ability of local interests to obtain mitigation funds from state agencies, the California Supreme Court held that the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") requires the Board of...more

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