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Density Bonus Law
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Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Legislature Adopts Bill to Limit Density Bonus Law Benefits for Mixed-Use Projects
By Ross Honig, Barbara Machado, Brooke Miller
California Senate Bill 92 (“SB 92”), introduced in January 2025 by Senator Catherine Blakespear and having been passed by both the California State Assembly and State Senate was approved by…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
2022 Land Use and Development Law Case Summaries
By Perkins Coie, Geoffrey Robinson
PLANNING AND ZONING Old East Davis Neighborhood Association v. City of Davis 73 Cal. App. 5th 895 (2022) The court of appeal upheld the City’s determination that a mixed-use development…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
City Properly Exempted Project from Certain Local Development Standards Under Density Bonus Law
The City did not abuse its discretion in finding a residential project to be consistent with the City’s development standards since the project qualified for exemption from those standards under…
Breaking Ground
California Courts of Appeal Strengthen Density Bonus Law
By Publisher
Daniel R. Golub, William E. Sterling
Administrative and Regulatory
Approval with Density Bonus Concession Upheld for Residential Tower Adjacent to Balboa Park; Housing Accountability Act Renders Subjective Development Standards Inapplicable
In Bankers Hill 150 v. City of San Diego (2022) 74 Cal.App.5th 755, the Fourth District Court of Appeal considered arguments that a residential development including affordable housing in San Diego…
CEQA Chronicles
Approval with Density Bonus Concession Upheld for Residential Tower Adjacent to Balboa Park; Housing Accountability Act Renders Subjective Development Standards Inapplicable
In Bankers Hill 150 v. City of San Diego (2022) 74 Cal.App.5th 755, the Fourth District Court of Appeal considered arguments that a residential development including affordable housing in San Diego…
Land Use Developments
State Housing Law Again Preempts Subjective Local Development Standards
On February 2, 2022, in Bankers Hill 150 v. City of San Diego, __ Cal.App.5th __ (Case No. D077963), the Fourth District Court of Appeal relied on fundamental provisions of…
Real Estate Legal Update
California appeals court affirms: State density bonus law trumps local zoning rules
By Phillip H. Babich, Talford J. Thompson
On February 2, 2022, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, changed the status of a decision in January from unpublished to published. The decision is significant for its…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
State Density Bonus Law Does Not Require Applicants to Demonstrate Economic Feasibility of Project When Requesting Incentives
By Angela Luh
A Court of Appeal held that the state’s density bonus law (Gov’t Code § 65915) does not require applicants to submit financial information to support requests for incentives or waivers…
Retail and Commercial Development and Leasing
Through a Retail Lens: A Look at California's Density Bonus Law, Other Legislative Updates
By Publisher
Andrew J. Starrels