Nov 1, 2017
On September 15, the last day of the 2017 session, the California Legislature responded to the state’s housing crisis by passing over one dozen bills in a landmark housing package developed together with Governor Jerry Brown’s office. Click here to read...
Sep 19, 2017
On September 15, the last day of the 2017 session, the California Legislature responded to the state’s housing crisis by passing over one dozen bills in a landmark housing package developed together with Governor Jerry Brown’s office. Click here to read...
Jul 12, 2017
Goldfarb & Lipman received three 2017 Awards of Merit from NAHRO for their work in housing and community development: The San Francisco HUD-VASH Program. The San Francisco HUD-VASH program resulted in housing over 700 chronically homeless veterans in San...
Jun 30, 2017
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Murr v. Wisconsin, a significant regulatory takings case addressing the so-called “denominator problem. Click here to read more.
May 19, 2017
In September 2016, the California Supreme Court decided Friends of the College of San Mateo Gardens v. San Mateo Community College District (2016) 1 Cal.5th 937, which addressed standards for subsequent environmental review under the California Environmental Quality...
May 4, 2017
In a 5-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that the City of Miami, Florida was an “aggrieved person” for purposes of the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA), and so its complaint against Bank of America Corporation and Wells Fargo & Co. (the Banks)...