On December 29, 2011, the California Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated ruling on the fate of over 400 redevelopment agencies in the case of California Redevelopment Association v.
Articles & Publications
Jan 11, 2012
The 2010-2011 Legislative Session has now come to a close and a number of bills related to land use have been signed into law or vetoed by the Governor, including bills that impact primary land use areas such as the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Coastal Act and Subdivision Map Act, as well as issues such as air quality, greenhouse gas emissions and water, housing and redevelopment reform. The following is a list of the various land use-related bills that we have been tracking throughout the course of the past year and that were eventually approved by the Legislatu
Jan 11, 2012
The annexation process just became more complex, and perhaps too expensive in many cases, as the result of the Governor signing SB 244 (Wolk). The new law requires that nearby “disadvantaged unincorporated communities” be included as part of annexations for new development. Where a development project might have been embraced previously because it included things like missing links for existing streets, new commercial areas that generate sales tax, or new parks, cities must now ponder whether they can afford to provide city services and/or facilities to not only the new development, but a
by JDTP
Jan 06, 2012
While the light of economic recovery may be appearing on the horizon, many sectors of the economy continue to suffer slow growth and persistent or periodic struggles with liquidity as a result of low demand for goods and services. Until consumers determinatively shake off the historically low levels of confidence and reverse the current trends of debt reduction and increased savings rates, some businesses will fall on hard times.
