Appeals, State and Local Government, Coastal Real Estate

Land Use Matters February 2025 | CEQA Appellate Decisions & Other Legal Developments

Alston & Bird on 2/12/2025

Los Angeles County - Executive Order Streamlines Path to Rebuild Homes, Businesses, and Communities Destroyed by Los Angeles Firestorms - In response to the multiple firestorms in Los Angeles County that started on January 7,...more

Ban on Short-Term Rentals Required Coastal Commission Approval

Perkins Coie on 5/10/2022

The Court of Appeal held that absent a distinction between short- and long-term rentals, both are permitted under city zoning ordinances, and any ban on short-term rentals that changes the status quo is an amendment that...more

Action Challenging Restrictions on Short-Term Vacation Rentals Was Barred by 90-Day Statute of Limitations

Perkins Coie on 3/14/2022

The Court of Appeal held that an action to set aside an ordinance restricting short-term vacation rentals on the ground of failure to obtain a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) was barred by the 90-day statute of limitations...more

Martin’s Beach Saga Continues With California’s New Lawsuit

Nossaman LLP on 1/8/2020

On November 25, 2019, the California Court of Appeal ruled that the public’s use of a road for more than half a century to access Martin’s Beach was permissive, and therefore “did not ripen into a public dedication that would...more

Martin's Beach - The Public Taking that Almost Was, and Still May Be

Nossaman LLP on 12/4/2019

The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states: “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” The California Constitution contains a similar provision. Reading these constitutional...more

29th Annual Land Use & Development Law Briefing - 2019

Perkins Coie on 1/29/2019

Land Use and Development Case Summaries (short form) - 1. PLANNING AND ZONING - CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE V. CITY OF MORENO VALLEY, 26 Cal. App. 5th 689 (2018) - Based on the language and...more