by Victoria Fierce | Jan 14, 2019 | Housing Accountability Act, Workshops
2019 promises to be an exciting year in housing law. New legislation, a new governor, and we can pretty much guarantee that cities will find new ways to violate state law. They do it every year. The good news is CaRLA is keeping on top of it so you don’t have...
by Dylan Casey | Dec 7, 2018 | Legal Action
Today CaRLA has filed a lawsuit against the City of San Francisco to correct portions of its ADU ordinance that fail to comply with state requirements. Last summer, San Francisco updated its ADU ordinance in several ways that made it easier to develop ADUs in the...
by Victoria Fierce | Dec 6, 2018 | Housing Accountability Act, News
1310 Haskell St. One of our earlier cases was 1310 Haskell St, Berkeley, CA. Here, Cristian wanted to replace one single family mansion in a low-rise South Berkeley neighborhood with three working class homes, each selling for less than $800,000. The alternative was...
by Victoria Fierce | Nov 14, 2018 | Housing Accountability Act, News
Not all of our cases make it to litigation. In fact, many of them never make it through to an unlawful denial. In every case, we start out by submitting a stern letter reminding the city in question of their obligation to follow state law, and sometimes it works!...
by Victoria Fierce | Oct 8, 2018 | Housing Accountability Act
Earlier this year, CaRLA filed a lawsuit against the city of Dublin for an unlawful denial of 220 homes at Dublin BART. Today, we are excited to announce that we have secured a victory in our suit. The City of Dublin will be reconsidering their decision to ban renters...
by Victoria Fierce | Aug 20, 2018 | Legal Action
The Surplus Lands Act is a reasonably straightforward law. When a local agency proposes to sell of surplus public land, it is required to offer that land up for non-profit affordable housing development before turning to for-profit developers.Today, CaRLA has joined...
