Lake Arrowhead CSD had argued that state law pre-empted local land-use authority over a proposed solar panel project. The Court of Appeal disagreed. >>read more

And if so, will cities -- and their citizens -- still find ways to restrain the private real estate market? >>read more 

Court says lack of additional environmental impacts are irrelevant in non-conforming situation >>read more

City bans auto-oriented uses such as fast-food and auto repair establishments. >>read more

Referendum that repeals zoning ordinance cannot be knocked off the ballot of a city has the ability to quickly reconcile the inconsistency. >>read more

Repealing a zoning ordinances doesn't create an inconsistency with the general plan because it "doesn't enact anything". >>read more

If they can be implemented independently, it's not "piecemealing," Sixth District rules >>read more

Will this time be the charm for one of California's most eternally troubled central business districts? >>read more

Local governments in the Inland Empire won one and lost one in rulings about medical marijuana, both from the same panel of justices on the Fourth District Court of Appeal. >>read more