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Alameda Takes Advantage of Prime Navy Parcel
Alameda Takes Advantage of Prime Navy Parcel

May 1, 2001

Alameda County, Local Watch, Military base reuse, Paul Shigley, Vol. 16 No. 05 May 2001

Redevelopment of closed military bases in the City of Alameda is moving forward thanks to the settlement of a lawsuit filed by affordable housing advocates and environmentalists. The settlement clears the way for a 600-unit housing development and a 1.3-million-square-foot business park at the former U.S. Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center. Meanwhile, the city is in the process of choosing a master developer for about one-third the 2,600-acre former Alameda Naval Air Station.
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Court Says Santa Monica Cannot Limit ‘Granny Units' to Grandma
Court Says Santa Monica Cannot Limit ‘Granny Units' to Grandma

May 1, 2001

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 16 No. 05 May 2001

A Santa Monica law limiting occupancy of second units to relatives and domestic employees has been thrown out by the Second District Court of Appeal. The unanimous three-judge panel ruled that the city's second-unit ordinance violated privacy and equal protection rights.
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Billboard Developer's Big Hurry Gets Slowed by Appellate Panel
Billboard Developer's Big Hurry Gets Slowed by Appellate Panel

May 1, 2001

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 16 No. 05 May 2001

A billboard company jumped the gun when it claimed two of its proposed signs were "deemed approved" because of delays by the City of Los Angeles, the Second District Court of Appeal has ruled. The unanimous three-judge panel upheld a trial court's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Eller Media Company.
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Clean Water Act: Who Really Won at the Supreme Court?
Clean Water Act: Who Really Won at the Supreme Court?

May 1, 2001

Environment Watch, John Krist, Vol. 16 No. 05 May 2001

Regulators with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) traditionally have explained their agency's role in protecting the nation's waterways by saying it had authority over "anything bigger than a duck's butt."
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Council-Sponsored Initiative Must Undergo CEQA Review: No Exemption for City-Sanctioned Measure, Cal
Council-Sponsored Initiative Must Undergo CEQA Review: No Exemption for City-Sanctioned Measure, Cal

May 1, 2001

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 16 No. 05 May 2001

Ballot measures generated and placed before voters by a public agency are not exempt from environmental review, a unanimous state Supreme Court has ruled.
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