Aug 11, 2023
The California Court of Appeal, in a 97-page decision published on April 7, 2023, held that the City of Clovis’ housing element did not substantially comply with state law even though it had been approved by the California Department of Housing and Community...
Dec 12, 2022
By Dianne Jackson McLean for the California Lawyers Association In the context of the No-Contact rule[1], an attorney sending an email or text which includes her client to another attorney may provide implied consent to the receiving attorney to hit the “Reply All”...
Oct 18, 2022
AB 2011, the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, and SB 6, the Middle Class Housing Act of 2022, are intended to permit residential development on sites currently zoned and designated for commercial or retail uses. Both bills were signed into law by...
Aug 2, 2022
The Court of Appeal in Reznitskiy v. County of Marin (June 15, 2022, No. A161813) ___Cal.App.5th___ resolved a question that had plagued planners and developers: Does the Housing Accountability Act (HAA) cover a project to build a single-family home? Click here to...
Feb 17, 2022
Below is a summary of significant housing legislation that was passed in the 2021 legislative session and subsequently signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom. Click here to read more.
Dec 13, 2021
Goldfarb and Lipman has been retained by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to prepare materials to assist local jurisdictions in complying with SB 9, which allows up to four units on sites zoned for single-family homes. The firm presented a webinar on the...
