In Building Industry Ass'n of Central California v. City of Patterson , No. F054785 (Cal. Ct. App. Mar. 2, 2009), the California District Court of Appeal held that the city could not increase an in-lieu affordable housing exaction from $734 to $21,000 per house, because it failed to show the inc...

Thanks to James Lawlor of the Land Use Legal Report for letting us know that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review Ocean Harbor Homeowners Ass'n v. California Coastal Comm'n , 163 Cal. App. 4th 215, 77 Cal. Rptr. 432 (2008). In that case, the California Court of Appeals held that the...

For a while now, we've been meaning to post the latest order in the Maui affordable housing case from the U.S. District Court, Kamaole Pointe Development LP v. County of Maui, No. 07-00447 DAE (D. Haw.), but for one reason or another, haven't had the chance until now.  The case is a ch...