Oct 25, 2016
In response to increasing costs of housing and California’s serious shortage of affordable housing, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill No. 996 (Hill) into law, amending section 214 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code (“RTC”) to increase the...
10/23/2016
October 22–25, 2016 Pasadena Convention Center Goldfarb & Lipman attorneys Barbara Kautz and Eric Phillips will be participating in two panels during the 2016 APA California conference: “Moving Beyond a Project’s Effects on the Environment:...
10/13/2016
Thursday October 13, 2016 Hilton San Diego Baypoint Goldfarb & Lipman attorneys M David Kroot, Isabel Brown, Amy DeVaudreuil, Joshua Mason, Vince Brown and Justin Bigelow will be participating in four panels at the San Diego Housing Federation’s 25th Annual...
Oct 11, 2016
California law includes a suite of statutes—including the Housing Accountability Act, Density Bonus Act, and Mello Act—that are intended to encourage affordable housing and promote development notwithstanding certain local regulations. Click here to read...
Oct 5, 2016
The Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District has determined that a developer’s payment of an affordable housing fee “in lieu” of providing affordable onsite units does not constitute a Fifth Amendment taking, is not an exaction for purposes...
Sep 30, 2016
In an effort to streamline housing production in the face of the state’s ongoing housing crisis, Governor Brown signed AB 2299 (Bloom) and SB 1069 (Wieckowski) into law, amending Government Code section 65852.2 to make it easier for property owners to create...
