LAND USE NEWS
Endangered Species Act Congressional Working Group Issues Report, Recommends Changes191
City of Los Angeles Cites Climate Change Impacts in Approving Fracking Moratorium193
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Landowners File Federal Takings Suit against the Army Corps, Seeking Compensation for Damages Caused by Flooding195
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenge to High-Speed Rail Project in Hawaii197
HonoluluTraffic.com v. Federal Transit Administration, ___F.3d___, Case No. 13-15277 (9th Cir. Feb. 18, 2014).
District Court:
District Court Addresses the Issue Whether Plaintiffs Destroyed Former Dry Cleaning Facility with Knowledge of Potential Environmental Problems to be Tried200
Bel Air Mart v. Arnold Cleaners, Inc., ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 2:10-cv-02392-MCE-EFB (E.D. Cal. Feb. 21, 2014).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
District Court of Appeal:
Second District Court Finds Museum Remodel Exempt from CEQA—Denies Petition for Writ of Mandate202
Highland Park Heritage Trust v. City of Los Angeles, Case No. B242930, Unpub. (2nd Dist. Feb. 18, 2014).
First District Court Holds Caltrans EIR Failed to Properly Evaluate Impacts to Redwood Trees Adjacent to Highway204
Lotus v. California Department of Transportation, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. A137315 (1st Dist. 2014).
First District Court Determines Petitioner Has No Taxypayer or Public Interest Standing to Challenge City’s Allocation of Special Sales Tax Funds206
Reynolds v. City of Calistoga, et al., ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. A136502 (1st Dist. Feb. 3, 2014).
First District Court Finds Hearsay Evidence in and of Itself Cannot Support a Finding of Fact by the California Public Utilities Commission207
The Utility Reform Network v. California Public Utilities Commission, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. A138701 (1st Dist. Feb. 5, 2014).
When Is a Subdivision Not a Subdivision?—Second District Court Addresses Los Angeles’ Municipal
Code209
Tower Lane Properties v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. B244092 (2nd Dist. Feb. 28, 2014).
Second District Court Rejects Claim that Affordable Housing Restrictions Were Not Enforceable when City Did Not Inform Buyer that Units Were Income Restricted210
Tuthill v. City of San Buenaventura, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. B239668 (2nd Dist. Feb. 10, 2014).
Fourth District Court Reminds Litigants that In Local Government, It Pays to Cross Your ‘T’s and Dot Your ‘I’s212
Vargas v. Balz, 223 Cal.App.4th 1544 (4th Dist. 2014).
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE214
