New Articles Posted to Perkins Coie’s California Land Use & Development Law Report

The California Land Use & Development Law Report
Legal Commentary on Planning and Development

We’ve posted articles to our California Land Use & Development Law Report on developments that we think will be of interest to you. Our report publishes articles on recent legal and policy developments in the field of land use, environmental impact review, and permitting, and presents an easy way to keep current. You can choose to subscribe so that you don’t miss a single article.
$9 Billion School Bond Measure Headed for November 2016 Ballot

Almost a decade has passed since California last authorized a statewide school bond to build new schools and modernize existing schools. There is currently a backlog of over $2 billion in K-12 projects awaiting state funding and an equivalent backlog in funding for high-priority community college projects.

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Building Industry Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review of San Jose Affordable Housing Case
The California Building Industry Association has filed a petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court seeking review of the California Supreme Court’s recent decision in California Building Industry Association v. City of San Jose, 61 Cal. 4th 435 (2015). In that decision, the California high court upheld San Jose’s affordable housing ordinance, rejecting the building industry’s argument that requirements imposed on new development to provide affordable housing bore no reasonable relationship to the impact of the development. (Our report on the California Supreme Court decision is available here).

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