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CEQA-Based Facial Challenges To Map Act Ordinances: Relevant Recent Statute of Limitations Developments
In an earlier post (“Ten CEQA Litigation Mistakes To Avoid,” September 13, 2011), one bullet point discussed the potential pitfall of concurrently-applicable non-CEQA limitations periods barring CEQA claims. Numerous cases…
Land Use Law Blog
The Ninety Day Period to Challenge a Land Use Approval is Not Extended by More General Rules Governing Administrative Mandamus
Time waits for no litigant in California land use litigation.
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Map Act 90-Day Statute of Limitations Applies to Ordinances Adopted Under Authority of the Act
Victor Aiuto v. City and County of San Francisco, No. A131279 (Cal. Ct. App. 1st Dist., December 15, 2011.) City and County of San Francisco v. Superior Court, No. A132908…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
New Law Automatically Extends Subdivision Map Approvals (Again)
By Dave Lanferman & Jeffrey Forrest New legislation to automatically extend the life of currently existing tentative maps, vesting tentative maps and parcel maps for an additional 24 months has…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Abandons Federal Defendant Rule Prohibiting Intervention Of Right In NEPA Cases
The Wilderness Society; Prairie Falcon Audubon, Inc. v. U.S. Forest Service, et al., No. 09-35200 (9th Cir. Jan. 14, 2011) By Jessica Johnson On January 14, 2011, the United States…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Courts Clarify Local Agency Role In Mobile Home Park Ownership Conversions
Colony Cove Properties, LLC v. City of Carson, No. B219352, (2nd Dist., Div. 4, August 31, 2010) Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates, LLC v. City of Los Angeles, No. B216515…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
New Law Automatically Extends Existing Tentative Maps For Two Years, But Also Creates New Pitfalls, And Reduces Some Protections For Recorded Maps
By David P. Lanferman & Jeffrey W. Forrest On July 15, 2009, the Governor signed new "urgency" legislation to automatically extend the life of existing tentative subdivision maps, vesting tentative maps…
Land Use Law Blog
Using the Subdivision Map Act to Void an Unwanted Transaction
By Cori Badgley Sixells, LLC v. Cannery Business Park (2008) 170 Cal.App.4th 648 reminds buyers and sellers that when entering into a purchase agreement whereby the property must be subdivided,…
Land Use Law Blog
CEQA Practioners Beware: Your Petition Challenging Approval Of A Subdivision Under CEQA May Be Summarily Dismissed If You Don’t Comply With The Subdivision Map Act
By Glen Hansen In Friends of Riverside's Hills v. City of Riverside (2008) 168 Cal.App.4th 743, the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District addressed some of procedural traps that can…
Land Use Law Blog
Senate Bill 1185: Legislature Puts Time on the Side of Tentative Subdivision and Parcel Maps, But Drafting Error May Trigger Follow-Up Legislation
By Leslie Z. Walker and William W. Abbott The California Legislature borrowed a trick from California’s last economic downturn to assist struggling homebuilders. On July 15, 2008, Governor Schwarzenegger signed…