Thursday: CaRLA v San Mateo

This Thursday at 2pm in San Mateo Superior Court, we’ll be having our first court hearing in CaRLA v San Mateo. Previously, it was rescheduled from earlier this year, with a request for further briefing. CaRLA vs San Mateo This case has been a long time coming,...

Vacaville Faces Off Against the Worst Person in Housing

In 2017 Michael Goolsby, an attorney specializing in preying upon victims of foreclosure, faced a career crisis. He had just been disbarred by the California Bar Association after repeatedly violating rules against practicing law unlicensed in other states. With his...

Mall’d to Death

The Vallco Mall project in Cupertino, also called Vallco City Center, has become a flashpoint for pro-housing and anti-housing sentiment on the peninsula. The question over wether an empty mall will be allowed to become housing has inflamed tensions in Cupertino and...

Housing Development in the New Era …

… The YIMBY Era! The League of Cities is holding a conference for City Attorneys May 8-10th. One of the sessions is called “Navigating Housing Development in the New Era,” and the “New Era” is the era of YIMBYism.Navigating Housing...