Feb 1, 2024
California Senate Bill 439 represents a novel adaptation of the state’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) statute, extending the scope of a law designed to protect First Amendment activity to a new area: legal challenges against...
Jan 17, 2024
AB 1528 clarifies that the tax exemption for housing authorities under Health and Safety Code section 34400 also applies to property held by certain housing authority-controlled nonprofit public benefit corporations. AB 1528 also provides for a refund of tax paid...
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...
05/11/2023
MCBA Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Real Property sections present “Mediating Real Property Disputes.” Join Hon. Lynn O’Malley Taylor (Ret.) and Dolores B. Dalton, Goldfarb & Lipman attorney, as they discuss best practices on how to mediate...
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...
