California Land Use & Development Law Report
California Land Use & Development Law Report
California Land Use & Development Law Report offers insights into legal issues relating to development and use of land and federal, state and local permitting and approval processes. Subscribe 🡢
![image of educational building](/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_460x259_1x/public/2024-08/Education%20Institutions%20%26%20Services.jpg?itok=JmdgjY22)
California Supreme Court Upholds EIR for UC Berkeley Housing Development
![Water Hydro Power](/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_460x259_1x/public/2024-08/Water%20Hydro%20Power.jpg?itok=8e6D-UC7)
EIR for State Water Project Contract Amendments Upheld
UCSF Hospital Project Was Exempt From Local Land Use Regulations Even If Not Pursued Solely For Governmental Purposes
![Gavel and Scales](/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_460x259_1x/public/2024-07/Gavel%20and%20Scales.jpg?itok=czYHfjuU)
Court Must Determine Revised EIR Is Adequate Before Discharging Writ Overturning Prior EIR
An appellate court interpreted a writ that ordered an agency to vacate certification of an EIR in part and file a final return to the writ "upon certification of a revised EIR" to require an assessment of the adequacy of the revised EIR before the writ could be discharged.
![Supreme Court Outside](/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_460x259_1x/public/2024-08/Supreme_Court_Outside.jpg?itok=PwLhwkvy)
Supreme Court Rules Legislatively Adopted Exactions Not Exempt From Nollan/Dolan Scrutiny
![Microphone Meeting](/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_460x259_1x/public/2024-08/Meeting_Microphone.jpg?itok=hi6dPtiw)
Council Resolution Approving an Amendment to a Disposition and Development Agreement Was Subject to Referendum
![Buildings London](/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_460x259_1x/public/2024-08/Buildings%20London.jpg?itok=j7orNEsB)
Belatedly Filed Amendment to Petition Challenging a Specific Plan Did Not Relate Back to Premature Challenge Filed Before Specific Plan Was Enacted
![Land Development, birds eye view of open land](/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_460x259_1x/public/2024-08/Land-Development-%28Primary%29_0.jpg?itok=rlb_AZyi)
Agricultural Conservation Easements Partially Mitigate the Loss of Agricultural Land
![Buildings Stores](/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_460x259_1x/public/2024-08/Buildings%20Stores.jpg?itok=Ir7QgvuE)
Completion of Project Did Not Moot CEQA Claims, and County’s Failure to Exercise Jurisdiction Could Provide a Basis for a CEQA Claim
Court Overturns County’s Decision to Require an EIR For Lack of Substantial Evidence
![Water Coastal](/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_460x259_1x/public/2024-08/Coastal.jpg?itok=OpPafjL9)
City’s Interpretation of its Ordinance Regarding Coastal Development Permit Requirement for Attached ADU Was Not Entitled to Deference
The First Project Approval Establishes the Appropriate Statute Of Limitations for CEQA Challenges, Even When the CEQA Document Is Later Re-Adopted
![Gavel banging](/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_460x259_1x/public/2024-07/Gavel%20banging.jpg?itok=KMDhcPJI)
Court Invalidates Ordinance Reducing Floor Area Ratio on Residential Lots
Housing Accountability Act Provision That Prohibits an Agency From Requiring a Rezoning When Zoning Is Inconsistent with the General Plan Inapplicable Where City Found Zoning Consistent
![image of the road cutting through the forest](/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_460x259_1x/public/2024-08/Forest%20Products.jpg?itok=DVxdodaM)