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ImmigrationProf Blog
Tragic Deaths of Irish Students in Apartment Balcony Collapse
Photo courtesy of Library Gardens apartments (Berkeley, CA) websiteThe New York Times ran a sad story about some Irish students who died in a tragedy only blocks away from UC…
Land Use Law Blog
Buyer Beware: Project Conditions Of Approval Run With The Land
By William W. Abbott City of Berkeley v. 1080 Delaware, LLC (2015) 234 Cal.App.4th 1144. As the real estate market gathers steam post-recession, many development projects involve project approvals obtained…
CEQA Developments
CEQA Categorical Exemption Case Opinion Ordered Slightly Modified By Supreme Court; Berkeley Hillside Preservation Judgment Is Unaffected
On May 27, 2015, the California Supreme Court filed a 4-page order modifying portions of the majority and concurring opinions previously filed March 2, 2015, in Berkeley Hillside Preservation v.…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Failure to Challenge Affordable Housing Condition Barred Subsequent Claim of Invalidity of Enabling Ordinance under Costa-Hawkins Act
While acknowledging that the City’s affordable housing ordinance was no longer enforceable under the Costa-Hawkins Act, an appellate court dismissed a challenge to a permit condition requiring compliance with the…
The Right Coast
Graduation days
(This is a family life update. You are strongly cautioned to avoid reading it, and I'm not kidding.)This last weekend we trekked up to Berkeley to witness second son Patrick's…
The Right Coast
Mental health calls #1 drain on Berkeley police resources | Berkeleyside
Nationally, 10% of police calls are for people having a mental health crisis, according to Berkeley Police Officer Jeff Shannon. In Berkeley, that number is 35% or more. Over the past…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
Benjamin J. Keys at Berkeley on April 20, 2015
By Law & Economics Prof Blog Staff
Minimum Payments and Debt Paydown in Consumer Credit CardsBenjamin J. Keys, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
Land Use Prof Blog
Abstracts for 6th Annual Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship due May 1
From the folks at Vermont Law:The deadline for submitting abstracts for the Sixth Annual Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship is rapidly approaching: May 1, 2015. The Colloquium will take place on October…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
Robert Marquez at Berkeley Law on April 6, 2015
By Law & Economics Prof Blog Staff
Supervisory Incentives in a Banking Unionhttp://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=law_econ
Law & Economics Prof Blog
Jill E. Fisch at Berkeley Law–March 30
By Law & Economics Prof Blog Staff
Jill E. Fisch, University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolDoes Majority Voting Improve Board Accountability?