Property Owners, Municipalities, Private Property

Don’t Get Zoned Out of Your Second Amendment Rights

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 4/4/2025

Property owners may occasionally face challenges when municipalities interpret zoning ordinances in ways that could limit certain lawful activities. We recently represented a client in a case where the municipality sought to...more

Governor’s 2020 Budget Signals State’s Willingness to Takeover PG&E

Nossaman LLP on 1/21/2020

Welcome to 2020! It is a new year and with every new year, comes a lot of new: new goals, new diet, new workout routines that leave every part of you sore... In the professional setting, a new year brings a lot of “chores,”...more

Real Estate Developer Rights When Cities Demand Too Much

Bilzin Sumberg on 12/23/2019

Land use & zoning attorneys, Stanley B. Price and Anthony De Yurre, discuss what real estate developer's rights are when the government demands too much, and where the line should be drawn according to both statute and case...more

California Supreme Court Provides Rare Update on Inverse Condemnation Doctrine

Nossaman LLP on 8/20/2019

On August 15, 2019, the California Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) issued its first inverse condemnation opinion in more than 22 years in the case City of Oroville v. Superior Court of Butte County, Case No. S243247...more

California Supreme Court Hears First Inverse Condemnation Case in Years

Nossaman LLP on 6/10/2019

On June 5, 2019, the California Supreme Court (“Court”) heard oral argument in the case City of Oroville v. Superior Court of Butte County, Case No. S243247 (“Oroville Case”). This case is notable because it is the first time...more

High Court Reaffirms Local Government's Authority in Denials of Applications for Cell Towers

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 1/21/2015

Decision Clarifies that Local Government’s Decision Need Not State Reasons if they are Contemporaneously Published Elsewhere - A local government need not state the reasons for its denial of a new cell-tower...more