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California Enacts AB 1751: Streamlined Path For Missing Middle Townhome Development
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Podcast - The Legal Landscape Of Housing And Transit Growth In West Hollywood
Holland & Knight are most popular: within Strategy topic(s) As California continues to grow, addressing the need for more housing supply, such as in West Hollywood, casts into the spotlight the balance between state and local control for new housing developments.
Podcast - The Legal Landscape of Housing and Transit Growth in West Hollywood
Growth initiatives throughout California municipalities demonstrate how local housing policy can change a city's map while also running up against statewide legislation. In this episode of "Real Estate Law Unlocked," Los Angeles land use attorney Ryan Leaderman speaks with West Hollywood Mayor John Heilman about housing density, housing affordability, transit expansion and the tension between state mandates and local planning.
California Legislature Enacts Major CEQA Reforms for Housing-Rich "Infill" Projects | JD Supra
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 130 and Senate Bill (SB) 131, which contain significant reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) relevant to housing projects. These reforms took effect immediately on June 30, 2025. AB 130 exempts qualifying "infill" housing-rich projects from CEQA, with no wage standard requirements for projects up to 85 feet.
Planning Commission Continues Hearing on Burton Way Project
West Coast Land Use and Environment attorney Ryan Leaderman was mentioned in a Beverly Hills Courier article covering recent Builder's Remedy actions by the Beverly Hills Planning Commission, including a continued hearing on a 26‑story proposal at 8844 Burton Way and conditional approvals for mixed‑use projects on South Rodeo Drive and Wilshire Boulevard.
Olympic Boulevard Builder's Remedy Projects Move Forward
West Coast Land Use and Environment attorney Ryan Leaderman was quoted in a Beverly Hills Courier article about the Beverly Hills Planning Commission's conditional approval of three Builder's Remedy mixed-use projects at or near Olympic Boulevard and South Beverly Drive.
California's Summer Blockbuster, Continued!: Newly Enacted Non-Housing CEQA Reforms
Senate Bill (SB) 131 includes important California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemptions for qualified advanced manufacturing projects, health centers and rural clinics, childcare centers, food banks, farmworker housing, clean water projects, linear broadband and parks in California.
California's Summer Blockbuster, Continued!: Newly Enacted Non-Housing CEQA Reforms | JD Supra
Senate Bill (SB) 131 includes important California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemptions for qualified advanced manufacturing projects, health centers and rural clinics, childcare centers, food banks, farmworker housing, clean water projects, linear broadband and parks in California.
California Legislature Enacts Major CEQA Reforms For Housing-Rich "Infill" Projects
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 130 and Senate Bill (SB) 131, which contain significant reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) relevant to housing projects. These reforms took effect immediately on June 30, 2025. AB 130 exempts qualifying "infill" housing-rich projects from CEQA, with no labor or wage standard requirements for projects up to 85 feet.
Holland & Knight Wins First Superior Court Case Affirming California's
Representing 600 Foothill Owner LP, an affiliate of client Cedar Street Partners LLC, Holland & Knight's West Coast Land Use and Environmental Group recently secured the first victory in a California superior court affirming the applicability of the California Housing Accountability Act's "Builder's Remedy." The court's opinion, though not precedential, provides meaningful, first-of-its-kind guidance regarding the scope of Builder's Remedy and the validity of Housing Elements that are adopted...
The Ever-Expanding Reach Of Rent Control In California
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The Ever-Expanding Reach of Rent Control in California | JD Supra
As if owners of single-family homes and condominiums did not have enough to worry about in the current pandemic environment, in Owens v.
Important Considerations To Avoid Planning And Environmental Review Challenges To Co-Living Developments
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Important Considerations to Avoid Planning and Environmental Review Challenges to Co-Living Developments | JD Supra
Pre-COVID 19, California's high cost of living and acute housing shortage made co-living developments particularly popular, especially with young professionals. In co-living developments, an occupant typically has his or her own bedroom, likely has an individual bathroom and shares a kitchen, a living room (if there is one) and other common spaces.
California Rules Of Court Amendments Lead To Requests For Clarification Regarding CEQA Lawsuits
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California Rules of Court Amendments Lead to Requests for Clarification Regarding CEQA Lawsuits | JD Supra
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With Southern California Needing 1.3 Million Homes, State Attempts to Add Teeth to Housing Law | JD Supra
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Clearing the Smoke: California Supreme Court Expands Scope of Activities Subject to CEQA Review | JD Supra
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