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Department of Commerce Denies Orange County’s Vision 2050 Development Plans

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On June 3, 2025, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners voted to adopt the County’s highly anticipated Vision 2050 Comprehensive Plan and accompanying Orange Code, setting a new regulatory framework to guide growth...more

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Major pro-housing CEQA reform legislation signed into California law

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On June 30, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 130 (AB 130) and Senate Bill 131 (SB 131), both of which took effect immediately....more

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NYC City Council Takes Aim at Overabundance of Sidewalk Sheds

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That New York City, in particular Manhattan, is awash in sidewalk sheds is news to no one. This spring, the New York City Council passed several new bills with the intention of curtailing the number of sheds, as more than...more

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France Attracts Major Data Center Investment: A Legal Framework Overview

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Several major data center projects were announced at this year’s “Choose France” summit, which comes on the heels of the announcement of a €109 billion investment at the 2025 Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris....more

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Mitigating Impacts of Solar Development on High Value Agricultural Land

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The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry issued final rules on Permitting Solar Energy Developments on High Value-Agricultural Land, with an effective date of April 20, 2025 (the “Rule”). The Rule...more

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Loudoun County Eliminates By-Right Use for Data Centers, Increasing Development Hurdles

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At its March 18, 2025, business meeting, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted 7-2 to approve a Zoning Ordinance amendment making data centers a special exception use in zoning districts in which they were previously...more

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Chile: Resumen de las Circulares División de Desarrollo Urbano Emitidas por el Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo Durante Febrero...

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Todos los meses, el Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo emite Circulares de la División de Desarrollo Urbano (DDU). A continuación, presentamos un resumen de los aspectos principales de las DDU de los meses de febrero y marzo....more

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2025 Data Center Policy Report

House Bill 1601/Senate Bill 1449 – Requires Virginia localities to have any application for a rezoning, special exception, or special use permit from a High Energy Use Facility (HEUF) (which is defined as a facility that will...more

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