A hotel owner brought a lawsuit against a county transportation authority and a general contractor for nuisance and inverse condemnation alleging that the construction of an underground subway line disrupted the operation of...more
2/2/2023
/ Construction Industry ,
Construction Litigation ,
Construction Project ,
County ,
Delays ,
General Contractors ,
Hotels ,
Inverse Condemnation ,
Property Owners ,
Public Nuisance ,
Real Estate Development ,
State and Local Government ,
Takings Clause ,
Transporation Authories
On March 18, 2020, we authored an update regarding housing construction under the shelter-in-place orders jointly issued by six Bay Area counties—Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa...more
4/9/2020
/ City of Los Angeles ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Executive Orders ,
Governor Newsom ,
Hospitals ,
Local Ordinance ,
Municipalities ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
Real Estate Development ,
San Francisco ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
State and Local Government ,
State of Emergency
The statewide concerns underlying the affordable housing provisions of the Surplus Lands Act superseded municipal home rule authority on the same subject and hence required charter cities to comply with the affordable housing...more
1/10/2020
/ Affordable Housing ,
Housing Market ,
Local Ordinance ,
Low Income Housing ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Municipalities ,
Preemption ,
Real Estate Development ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Constitutions ,
Urban Planning & Development