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The El Dorado Hills Community Services District is taking its public fight with county Auditor-Controller Joe Harn to court. Last month the EDHCSD filed a lawsuit against Harn, who purposely left Lighting and Landscaping Assessment...
Lawsuit seeks to block San Diego plan to shift infrastructure money from wealthy to poor areas. Litigation says allowing developer money to be spent 40 miles from the development is unconstitutional, violates state laws
Lawsuit seeks to block San Diego plan to shift infrastructure money from wealthy to poor areas. Litigation says allowing developer money to be spent 40 miles from the development is unconstitutional, violates state laws
After exploring and rejecting the idea of constructing a new downtown garage, Palo Alto is now embroiled in litigation with a downtown developer who believes the city has been misusing the fees that it collects from builders.
In a low-profile but important new decision, San Luis Obispo Local Agency Formation Commission v. City of Pismo Beach, __ Cal.App.5th __ (2021) (Case No. B296968), the Second District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court decision and held that the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act (Gov. Code § 56000 et seq.) does not authorize a local agency formation commission (“LAFCO”) to require an indemnification agreement or to require the payment of attorney fees based on such an agreement. The case arose in connection with the development of a housing project consisting of 252 single-family residenc...