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ImmigrationProf Blog
Berkeley Rejects S-Comm
Judith Scherr writes for the Oakland Tribune:BERKELEY -- The city's police will no longer hand prisoners over to federal immigration authorities under an action approved Tuesday night.The City Council voted…
CEQA Developments
Does CEQA Provide For Classes of Exempt Projects? Parties File Opening Merits Brief in Supreme Court in Berkeley Hillside Preservation
Following up on previous posts (see February and May archives), the City of Berkeley Respondents and the Kapors (Real Parties in Interest) filed their joint 80-page opening brief on the…
PropertyProf Blog
The Geography of College Grads
By propertyprof
The New York Times investigates the lumpy distribution of college graduates in the nation's cities:Dayton sits on one side of a growing divide among American cities, in which a small…
Administrative and Regulatory
California’s Highest Court Grants Review of Berkeley Hillside Preservation Decision
On May 23, 2012, the California Supreme Court unanimously agreed to grant review of Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley (2012) 203 Cal.App.4th 656. The issue before the court…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
California Supreme Court Grants Hearing in Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley
Vacated opinion at: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A131254.PDF; (modified on rehearing, no change in judgment) http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A131254M.PDF According to the Court, the case presents the following issue: Did the City of Berkeley properly conclude that…
Land Use Law Blog
UPDATE ON BERKELEY HILLSIDE CASE
In March 2012, we posted an article reviewing the First Appellate District’s determination in Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley (2012) 203 Cal.App.4th 656. On March 7, 2012, the…
CEQA Developments
Supreme Court Will Review CEQA Categorical Exemption Exception In Berkeley Hillside Preservation Case
On May 23, 2012, the California Supreme Court by unanimous vote granted respondents’ and real parties’ petition for review of the First District Court of Appeal’s published decision in Berkeley…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Berkeley’s Chancellor Supportive of DREAM Act to Step Down
From the SF Chronicle:Robert Birgeneau will step down as chancellor of UC Berkeley in December after eight years navigating the public university through massive budget cuts and raucous student protests,…
Land Use Law Blog
Applying CEQA’s Unusual Circumstances Exception to an Otherwise Exempt Activity Results in an EIR for a Single Family Residence
Court orders EIR for construction of a single family residence.
ImmigrationProf Blog
IMMIGRANT STEEL WORKERS MARCH AGAINST UNJUST FIRINGS
David Bacon on Truthout reports that two hundred immigrant workers, their families, and hundreds of supporters marched through downtown Berkeley February 17, protesting their firing from Pacific Steel Castings. The company is one…