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Measuring Local Policy To Advance Fair Housing And Climate Goals Through A Comprehensive Assessment Of Land Use Entitlements, Moira O'Neill, Eric Biber, Nicholas J. Marantz
Measuring Local Policy To Advance Fair Housing And Climate Goals Through A Comprehensive Assessment Of Land Use Entitlements, Moira O'Neill, Eric Biber, Nicholas J. Marantz
Pepperdine Law Review
California’s legislature has passed several laws that intervene in local land-use regulation in order to increase desperately needed housing production—particularly affordable housing production. Some of these new laws expand local reporting requirements concerning zoning and planning laws, and the application of those laws apply to proposed housing development. This emphasis on measurement requires the state to develop a housing data strategy to support both enforcement of existing law and effective policymaking in the future. Our Comprehensive Assessment of Land Use Entitlements Study (CALES) predates, but aligns with and supports, this state-led effort to improve local reporting. For the cities that …
Variances: A Canary In The Coal Mine For Zoning Reform?, John J. Infranca, Ronnie M. Farr
Variances: A Canary In The Coal Mine For Zoning Reform?, John J. Infranca, Ronnie M. Farr
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There is perhaps no area of land use law where practice departs more from legal doctrine than the realm of zoning variances. According to the legal doctrine, variances are to be granted sparingly, providing a “safety valve” that alleviates unique hardships encountered by a property owner. In practice, variances are granted at high rates—often around ninety percent of applications are approved—and, in some jurisdictions, in high volumes. In such cases, variances effectively serve as a rezoning, enabling jurisdictions to permit otherwise prohibited uses and allow growth and development to occur without addressing needed zoning reforms. By allowing neighbors the opportunity …
Emulsified Property, Jessica A. Shoemaker
Emulsified Property, Jessica A. Shoemaker
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The typical American Indian reservation is often described as a “checkerboard” of different real property ownership forms. Individual parcels of reservation land may be held in either a special federal Indian trust status or in fee, by either Indian or non-Indian owners. The general jurisdictional framework provides that federal and sometimes tribal law sets the rights and responsibilities of trust owners, while fee owners are subject to a peculiar mix of state and tribal law. Many scholars have analyzed the challenges created by this checkerboard pattern of property and jurisdiction. This Article, however, reveals an even more complicated issue that …
Aircraft Noise Pollution: Is Land Use Planning The Answer? , Milan M. Dostal
Aircraft Noise Pollution: Is Land Use Planning The Answer? , Milan M. Dostal
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Symposium Index, Carlton Lee Harpst
The Housing Element: How Can Its Adequacy Be Measured? , Nina E. West, James C. Schroeder
The Housing Element: How Can Its Adequacy Be Measured? , Nina E. West, James C. Schroeder
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California Planning Law: Requirements For Low And Moderate Income Housing , C. Foster Knight
California Planning Law: Requirements For Low And Moderate Income Housing , C. Foster Knight
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Title I Of The 1974 Housing And Community Development Act And Its Impact On Local Communities, Edward E. Haworth
Title I Of The 1974 Housing And Community Development Act And Its Impact On Local Communities, Edward E. Haworth
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The California Coastal Zone Conservation Act Of 1972: An Overview And Recent Developments, Bruce Tester
The California Coastal Zone Conservation Act Of 1972: An Overview And Recent Developments, Bruce Tester
Pepperdine Law Review
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Nepa And Ceqa - Euphemistic Environmental Eunuchs?, Sonia Sonju Erickson
Nepa And Ceqa - Euphemistic Environmental Eunuchs?, Sonia Sonju Erickson
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Luncheon Address: Planning Decision Making - Balancing Legislative Restrictions, Modern Technology, Community Input, And Personal Objectives , Robert J. West
Luncheon Address: Planning Decision Making - Balancing Legislative Restrictions, Modern Technology, Community Input, And Personal Objectives , Robert J. West
Pepperdine Law Review
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Subdivision Regulation: Political Armageddon Of Consumer, Property Owner And Environmental Rights , James E. Erickson
Subdivision Regulation: Political Armageddon Of Consumer, Property Owner And Environmental Rights , James E. Erickson
Pepperdine Law Review
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The Relationship Of Just Compensation To The Land Use Regulatory Power: An Analysis And Proposal , Thomas P. Clark, Arthur G. Kidman
The Relationship Of Just Compensation To The Land Use Regulatory Power: An Analysis And Proposal , Thomas P. Clark, Arthur G. Kidman
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Hagman's Hallucinations: Some Predictions About Planning Law In California , Donald G. Hagman
Hagman's Hallucinations: Some Predictions About Planning Law In California , Donald G. Hagman
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Legal Limits Of Government Land Use Regulation - An Expanding Concept , Roger A. Grable
Legal Limits Of Government Land Use Regulation - An Expanding Concept , Roger A. Grable
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Land Use Enactments And Inverse Condemnation, Alan R. Perry
Land Use Enactments And Inverse Condemnation, Alan R. Perry
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The Role Of The United States Army Corps Of Engineers In Land Use Control, Harry A. Jackson Jr.
The Role Of The United States Army Corps Of Engineers In Land Use Control, Harry A. Jackson Jr.
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The Specific Plan In California: A Developing Concept For The Resolution Of Conflicts In Land Use, Lindell L. Marsh, Bruce G. Merritt
The Specific Plan In California: A Developing Concept For The Resolution Of Conflicts In Land Use, Lindell L. Marsh, Bruce G. Merritt
Pepperdine Law Review
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Nollan V. California Coastal Commission: You Can't Always Get What You Want, But Sometimes You Get What You Need, Timothy A. Bittle
Nollan V. California Coastal Commission: You Can't Always Get What You Want, But Sometimes You Get What You Need, Timothy A. Bittle
Pepperdine Law Review
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Land Use Aesthetics: A Citizen Survey Approach To Decision Making , John Edward Van Vlear
Land Use Aesthetics: A Citizen Survey Approach To Decision Making , John Edward Van Vlear
Pepperdine Law Review
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