Senate Bill (SB) 131 includes important California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemptions for qualified advanced manufacturing projects, health centers and rural clinics, childcare centers, food banks, farmworker...more
7/29/2025
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As Holland & Knight has previously reported, California courts have consistently enforced state housing laws that preempt land use and planning decisions by local governments. (See previous Holland & Knight alerts, "Court of...more
6/22/2021
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In Murr v. Wisconsin, No. 15-214, 2017 WL 2694699 (U.S.S.C. June 23, 2017), the U.S. Supreme Court, in a majority opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy, addressed "one of the critical questions" in the law of regulatory takings:...more
6/30/2017
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Aptos Council v. County of Santa Cruz ruling also clarifies CEQA "Piecemeal" Doctrine -
The Sixth District Court of Appeal's recent decision in Aptos Council v. County of Santa Cruz provides useful California...more
4/12/2017
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