California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter

LAND USE NEWS

Governor Newsom Issues New Executive Order Partially Lifting Drought Declarations and Withdrawing Well Permit Requirements for Counties3

San Francisco Bay Area Affordable Housing Finance Authority Withdraws “First of Its Kind” Ballot Measure4

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

California Passes Legislation for Challenges to Property-Related Fees6

California Assembly Bill 98: A Potentially New Floor for Warehousing and Logistics Centers Project Designs and Siting7

RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS

District Court of Appeal:

Second District Court Affirms Denial of Writ Challenging Expansion of Vested Nonconforming Winery Use Without Conditional Use Permit9

Holquin Family Ventures, LLC v. County of Ventura, ___Cal.app.5th___, Case No. B328569 (July 24, 2024, published Aug. 13, 2024).

Second District Court Affirms Denial of CEQA Challenge Against Prospective Purchaser Agreement as the Agreement Was Not a Project11

Malibu Township Council, Inc. v. City Council of the City of Malibu, Unpub., Case No. B321688 (2nd Dist. Aug. 30, 2024).

First District Upholds Use of CEQA Categorical Exemption for Conversion of Oil Well to Injection Well14

Sunflower Alliance v. California Department of Conservation, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. A167698 (1st Dist. Sept. 6, 2024).

Second District Court Affirms Denial of Writ Challenging City Planning Commission “Westside Mobility Plan” under CEQA16

Westside Los Angeles Neighbors Network v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App. 5th___, Case No. B320547 (July 24, 2024).

Second District Court Substantial Evidence

Supported City’s Approval of Transit Priority

Project19

Zinderman v. City of Los Angeles, Unpub., Case No. B329765 (2nd Dist. Aug. 30, 2024).

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE22