A Santa Barbara County property owner's takings claim has received new life, thanks to a Second District Court of Appeal ruling. The appellate panel overturned a lower court that had ruled the property owner filed the claim too soon. >>read more

The news reports about Measure 37 come blasting out of Oregon almost every day now. Faced with 75 land use claims totaling more than $100 million, Clackamas County in suburban Portland decided to settle the easy ones first - permitting small landowners to subdivide their property into a few additional lots. The City of Eugene is considering an ordinance that would require some development to be torn down after a property changes hands. >>read more

A lawsuit challenging a mitigated negative declaration for a conditional use permit in the City of Irvine cannot go forward because the plaintiff did not serve the city with the lawsuit within 90 days, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled.