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Senate Bill 35 (Government Code section 65913.4) was enacted in 2017 as part of an effort by the State Legislature to increase housing production. The law compels local agencies, including charter cities, to issue streamlined approvals for qualifying multifamily residential projects, even, at times, where a project conflicts with a local ordinance. In
Ruegg & Ellsworth v. City of Berkeley, the court rejected Berkeley’s claim that SB 35 impermissibly interfered with the constitutional “home rule” authority over historic preservation granted to charter cities. No. A159218 (1st Dist. Apr. 20, 2021). The decision represents the first published opinion to uphold SB 35 against challenge.
Updated: 8:20 PM MST December 18, 2020
DENVER In a public hearing Monday night, the Department of Community Planning and Development will ask Denver City Council to support making Smith s Chapel Denver s newest landmark.
Largely important to the Chicano Movement in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Smith s Chapel is in La Alma-Lincoln Park, one of Denver s oldest residential neighborhoods.
It was built in 1882 and is the oldest church still standing in the neighborhood and is listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties.
The chapel located at 910 Galapago St. would be Denver s 350 landmark and the first approved under the city s new cultural criteria.