California Land Use Law, Policy, and Planning 2025:
“The Housing Crisis, Changing Federal Priorities, and Other Critical Land Use Issues”
WHEN: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
WHERE: Live Online!
California land use law, policy, and planning continue to evolve at an amazing pace. With 2025 well under way, California’s housing issues—and all the challenges that come with it—is again the key focus of this conference.
This year we are pleased to have as our Keynote Speaker, Melinda Coy, Proactive Accountability Chief from the California Department of Housing & Community Development who will discuss Department‘s perspective on housing elements.
Other topics under this banner include what we might expect to see out of Sacramento addressing housing and implantation of the “builder’s remedy”—case studies and ministerial housing approvals. We also have important presentations that will impact your practice including the Trump administration’s changing federal priorities and pull-back from federal environmental laws; rebuilding after wildfires and project design features to prevent future destruction; creating affordable housing in an environment of changing federal priorities; and the challenges of coastal development. Finally, we will update you on the latest and most significant developments under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Our conference co-chairs—Scott Birkey, Esq. of Cox, Castle & Nicholson and Lauren Langer, Esq. of Best Best & Krieger—have assembled experts in these fields to present on these critical and evolving topics, and to give you access to their thoughts on where these recent land use trends have come from, how they are to be implemented, and where they are headed.
We invite you to join us online, and interact with the faculty during question and answer sessions after each presentation. Be ready, be prepared, be successful in your practice. If you attend only one California MCLE-accredited land use conference this year, make it this one!
Download the conference brochure with full program and registration options.
Be sure to register today for this special conference and find out what impact these critical topics will have on each other—and how the potential outcomes will impact your practice, municipality or organization in the future.
NOT ALL LAND USE LAW CONFERENCES ARE THE SAME!
Register for the only land use law conference in 2025 that’s produced by the publishers of California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter, a California-based conference provider that has offered publications and conference programs specifically for the California Land Use Bar since 1989. This year, as always, the expert publishers, editors, and advisors of California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter have been instrumental in planning this conference for you.
These seasoned, boots-on-the-ground legal professionals are uniquely qualified to let you know not only what’s happened but, more importantly, what’s coming down the pike in the future. And because California’s land use issues are often contentious, we don’t skimp on perspective. You’ll get several different (and sometimes conflicting) views from the top practitioners and key institutional players in the field to deepen your understanding of the issues.
MCLE Credit:
MCLE accreditation has been requested for this program by the State Bar of California for 7 hours.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:
Conference tuition of $695 includes participation in all sessions, all program materials prepared by the Faculty, and a free three-month subscription to the California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter. Discounts apply for government agency personnel, or when you register two or more participants from the same organization. See our online registration form for details.
Early registration is encouraged. The easiest way to register for the conference is to use the online registration form from the “Conference Registration” button below. You can also (1) Mail the completed registration form located on the brochure to: Argent Communications Group, PO Box 201, Galena, IL 61036-0201; (2) Email the registration form to register@argentco.com; or (3) Call 800-419-2741. Full payment or purchase order is due with registration.
We look forward to seeing you—virtually!
