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Category "California Land Use Law & Policy"

Federal Agencies to Defer the Applicability of the 2015 ‘Waters Of The United States’ Rule

In November 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [...]

First District Court Upholds CEQA Categorical Exemptions For Residential Project on San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill

The First District Court of Appeal, in an opinion issued on September 14 and ordered [...]

In Split Decision, Ninth Circuit Rejects Second Amendment Challenge to Local Ordinance Restricting Location of Gun Shops

Affirming the U.S. District Court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim, the Ninth Circuit [...]

California Assembly Bill 1505 Signed into Law by Governor Brown—Inclusionary Housing

Approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State on September 29, 2017, [...]