Sacramento, CA
Land use and zoning Lawyer at Sacramento, CA
Practice Areas: Land Use & Zoning, Real Estate, Government
Recent polls suggest that Proposition XIII remains as popular today as when it was enacted. Yet, at the same time, residents demand a high level of services which exceed the ability of local officials ...
See Full GuideHow many mitigated negative declarations are required to avoid an EIR? In Sonoma County the answer is five. One can speculate that after five negative declarations an EIR perhaps would have been a quic...
See Full GuideAs the States public disclosure statute, CEQA directs lead agencies to disclose the likely impacts associated with agency approvals. And while legal caution dictates that more disclosure is preferable ...
See Full GuideThe Faith Fellowship Foursquare Church ("Church") is a church active in the City of San Leandro, but as its membership grew with the passage of time, the Church outgrew its existing facilities. Startin...
See Full GuideWhile land use litigation is not overly complex, it contains two procedural rules which occasionally trip up project opponents. First, CEQA requires that the petitioner request a hearing with in 90 d...
See Full GuideDivine purposes are not a free pass from local zoning regulations, as reflected in a recent case from southern California. The Sahag-Mesrob Armenian Church owned two parcels zoned R-1, and on May 28, ...
See Full GuideIn 1986, the Legislature enacted the Mitigation Fee Act ("MFA") (Government Code section 66000 et seq.) Supported by the building industry, this legislation was thought to operate as a limitation on th...
See Full GuideLand use and California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") litigation frequently involves a petitioner asking the court to second guess agency decision makers by reweighing the evidence, and to expansi...
See Full GuideWhether you attribute the expression "the best defense is a good offense" to Vince Lombardi, Bear Bryant, General Carl Von Clausewitz (On War, 1873) or Sun Tzu (Art of War, 6th Century, B.C.), the same...
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