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LAW ALERT – Fair is Fair: State Agencies Must Consider Fair Share Mitigation Payments Apart From Legislative Earmarks
In City of San Diego v. Board of Trustees of the California State University (San Diego v. CSU), the California Supreme Court rejected CSU's contention that the University could not pay off-site...
LAW ALERT – Federal Fair Housing Disparate Impact Claims Survive Scotus
In Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court held that disparate impact claims are a valid basis for lawsuits under the Federal...
SCOTUS Keeps the “Fair” in the Fair Housing Act
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a local housing policy that has a “disparate impact” on minorities is actionable under the federal Fair Housing Act (“FHA”), even if the impact was...
LAW ALERT – HUD Updates RAD Program Rules
On June 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development updated and clarified the rules governing the Rental Assistance Demonstration ("RAD") program. Click here for more information.
LAW ALERT – California Supreme Court Gives The Green Light to Affordable Housing Ordinances
The California Supreme Court on June 15, 2015, in California Building Industry Ass’n (“BIA”) v. City of San Jose, held that local ordinances requiring a proportion of new housing to be affordable...
LAW ALERT – Treasury Announces New Markets Tax Credit Allocation Awards
On June 15, 2015, the United States Department of Treasury ("Treasury") announced the awardees of New Markets Tax Credits ("NMTC") for the 2014 NMTC round. The Treasury awarded a total of $3.5...
Groundbreaking! Grand Tour! Architect’s Tour! Three Oakland Housing Authority Projects Featured as Part of Affordable Housing Week.
Lakeside Senior Housing, a 92-unit affordable senior housing development just off Lake Merritt in Oakland developed by Satellite Affordable Housing Associates, AveVista, a 68-unit affordable project...
LAW ALERT – It’s Not Unusual: Supreme Court Defines CEQA’s “Unusual Circumstances” Exception to Categorical Exemptions
On March 2, 2015, in Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley, the California Supreme Court held that the potential to cause a significant environmental effect was not an "unusual...
Joshua Mason Joins G&L
Goldfarb & Lipman is pleased to welcome Josh Mason. He joins us from HUD, where he served as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of General Counsel. Josh is based in G&L’s Los Angeles...
LAW ALERT – 2015 Goldfarb & Lipman Annual Legislative Update
The 2015 Goldfarb & Lipman Annual Legislative Update provides a summary of recently enacted legislation that will impact areas of concern to our clients, including: real estate transactions,...
LAW ALERT – Extension of The New Markets Tax Credit Program – 12-22-14
On December 19, President Obama signed into law H.R. 5571, which provides for the one-year extension of a number of different federal tax programs, including the New Markets Tax Credit ("NMTC")...
LAW ALERT – Don’t Forget – Housing Successor Reports Due – 12-11-14
Although redevelopment agencies have been dissolved, obligations to report on housing activities by housing successors continue. Housing successors (those entities that assumed the housing assets...
Lion Creek Crossings Phase V Grand Opening
10/28/2014The Lion Creek Crossings Phase V Grand Opening October 28, 2014—Noon to 1:30 p.m. 6710 Lion Way, Oakland, CA Lion Creek Phase V is a 128-unit senior tax credit project that is a...
LAW ALERT – New Law Requires Employers to Provide Workforce Bullying Training
Under a new law signed by Governor Brown last month, employers with 50 or more employees will have to provide workforce bullying training to their supervisory employees starting on January 1, 2015....
LAW ALERT – California Bans Pilot (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) Agreements
On September 29, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB 1203 and AB 1760, effective January 1, 2015, which ban payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreements between local governments and owners...
