In April 2021, a developer applied to the City of King City, California (City), for a proposed 18,000-square-foot Grocery Outlet store (Project). The Project site was a former 1.6-acre car sales lot adjacent to Highway 101...more
Holland & Knight Partner Jennifer L. Hernandez, leader of the firm's West Coast Land Use and Environmental Group, recently authored an industry report for the Center for Jobs & The Economy, whose mission is to identify and...more
8/24/2022
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Urban Planning & Development
As previously reported, California Senate Bill (SB) 7, the Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021, was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on May 20, 2021, and became effective...more
Signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on May 20, 2021, and taking immediate effect as an "urgency statute," Senate Bill (SB) 7 revives and expands the previously enacted Environmental Leadership Development Project...more
6/1/2021
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State and Local Government
The California State Judicial Council amended California Rule of Court, Emergency Rule No. 9, on May 29, 2020, lifting its previously adopted indefinite tolling of the limitation period to bring civil lawsuits. The amended...more
The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) on Nov. 29, 2018, issued its final Guidelines for the implementation of Senate Bill 35 of 2017 (SB 35).
SB 35 requires most local governments to issue...more
• One of the most notable laws in California's package of housing laws passed by the State Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2017 is SB 35, which requires most local governments to issue housing developers...more
2/16/2018
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Jurisdiction ,
Local Ordinance ,
Multi-Family Development ,
New Guidance ,
Project Labor Agreements ,
Wage and Hour
• California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law two bills that significantly reform California's Housing Accountability Act (HAA).
• Effective Jan. 1, 2018, these laws will significantly increase the ability of housing...more
10/2/2017
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Approval Requirements ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Governor Brown ,
Housing Developers ,
Housing Market ,
Low Income Housing ,
Mixed-Use Zoning ,
New Legislation ,
Objective Standard ,
Real Estate Development ,
Reformation ,
Regulatory Burden ,
Urban Planning & Development