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Housing Development
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SB 330 Seeks to Speed Up Housing Production
The Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (Senate Bill No. 330; Senator Skinner) goes into effect on January 1, 2020 and expires on January 1, 2025. It aims to address the…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
New California Law Restricts Municipalities’ Ability to Limit Housing
By Alan Murphy
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a major set of restrictions on the actions California cities and counties may take to impede housing development. Senate Bill 330 broadly…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
California’s “Housing Crisis Act of 2019” May Boost Housing Production or Just Boost Housing-Related Litigation
By Jeffrey Forrest, Kelsey Clayton
On October 9, 2019, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 330, or the “Housing Crisis Act of 2019” in an effort to combat California’s current housing shortage, which…
Larkin Hoffman Real Estate and Construction Blog
Upcoming Ramsey County Elections Could Have a HUGE Impact on Local Development
Politics can be loud. With all the national media and punditry focused on the 2020 presidential primary, it would be easy to miss the significant local races on the ballot…
Land Use Developments
Housing Crisis Act—the “Most Important Housing Bill” this Year—Passes in California Legislature
Senate Bill 330, known as the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 and authored by State Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), passed the California legislature on Friday, September 6, 2019, with strong…
Gravel2Gavel
Walking the Tightrope of SB 35
By Robert Howard Alexander Walker, MattOlhausen@www.gravel2gavel.com
Developers in California know that getting approval to build new housing projects can be extremely difficult, time-consuming, and expensive. But a new policy is finally coming into full effect which…
Land Use Developments
Report Shows That Local Land Use Regulations Play a Key Role in Impeding Development of New Multi-Family Housing in California
According to traditional urban economic models, developers in well-functioning housing markets will choose to build apartments where land is expensive and housing demand is strong. The theory itself is sound:…
Environmental and Climate
CNN follows up on wildlife whistleblower’s report on “shenanigans” in Arizona development deal
By Tinker Ready
CNN has caught up with Steve Spangle, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service whistleblower. In June, Spangle talked to High Country News about what he described as “shenanigans” around a…
From the Ground Up
Oregon Court of Appeals Gives a Boost to the State’s Provision of New Housing
On March 20, 2019, the Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed the Land Use Board of Appeals (“LUBA”) in a decision interpreting ORS 197.307(4), which is the “clear and objective” requirement…
Real Estate & Construction
Court of Appeal Finds No Discretionary Action in St. Helena Multi-family Dwelling Development
By Kathryn L. Oehlschlager, Tiffanie Ellis
On December 18, 2018, the First Appellate District, in McCorkle v. St. Helena (A153238), affirmed the trial court’s denial of a Petition for Writ of Mandate challenging the City of…