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Victory Alert – Huntington Beach

by Greg Magofña | Oct 5, 2021 | Housing Accountability Act, Legal Action, News

CaRLA is happy to announce another fresh victory in a string of significant rulings in favor of housing. If you haven’t been following the Huntington Beach saga, it is finally coming to an end, and the series finale has a surprising conclusion. We were very unhappy...

CaRLA Announces Precedent-Setting Victory in San Mateo Appeal

by Greg Magofña | Sep 13, 2021 | Housing Accountability Act, Legal Action, News

Oakland, CA — The California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CaRLA)  is pleased to announce a precedent-setting victory in the fight for more housing and a more equitable California. In a much anticipated decision released Friday afternoon, the California...

CaRLA Disappointed in Huntington Beach Housing Lawsuit Ruling

by Greg Magofña | Aug 11, 2021 | Housing Accountability Act, Legal Action, News

We are simultaneously disappointed in and surprised by a trial judge’s ruling last week to deny 48 units of desperately needed and zoning-compliant housing in Huntington Beach on the grounds that the project is not protected by the Housing Accountability Act. This...

We’re escalating our fight to make housing a matter of statewide concern by defending it in the Court of Appeals

by Victoria Fierce | Jan 14, 2020 | Housing Accountability Act

CaRLA has officially begun work on our appeal of the ruling we received in CaRLA v. San Mateo, because we believe the court is wrong: housing is a statewide issue that cannot be left solely in the hands of local governments.. As we’ve covered before, the trial court’s...

Whats at stake in CaRLA v San Mateo?

by Victoria Fierce | Oct 22, 2019 | Housing Accountability Act

This Thursday is the court hearing for our case against the City of San Mateo, but what is at stake? Housing, of course, but we’re not just here to get housing built project-by-project. We’re here to restore a legal environment in which California builds...

Calabasas says SB 13 renders our lawsuit moot. We disagree.

by Victoria Fierce | Sep 25, 2019 | Accessory Dwellings, Legal Action

Our demurrer hearing in CaRLA v Calabasas got delayed last week, as the city managed to convince the court that SB 13’s passage and imminent signing by Governor Newsom may render our lawsuit moot. Our hearing has now been rescheduled to October 29th at 1:30pm....
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