Environmental Law
Envt'l Law News VOLUME 32, NUMBER 2, FALL/WINTER 2023
Content
- Book Review: Building Your Environmental Law Collection With Solano Press Books
- Do Esg Reporting Frameworks Adequately Inform Investors and Manage Ftc and Sec Requirements? Esg Investing Today and Beyond
- Editor's Note
- ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SECTION: A CELEBRATION OF THE 2023 DIVERSITY & INCLUSION FELLOWS
- Inside This Issue
- Message From the Chair
- Rethinking Old Rights
- SECTION OFFICERS & EDITORIAL BOARD
- The California New Lawyers Section-meaningful Connections and Community
- The State Housing Element Law Creates Powerful Opportunities To Advance Environmental Equity Across California
- A Time To Build? How Housing Element Law Reform and the Builder's Remedy Are Impacting Housing Production In California
A TIME TO BUILD? HOW HOUSING ELEMENT LAW REFORM AND THE BUILDER’S REMEDY ARE IMPACTING HOUSING PRODUCTION IN CALIFORNIA
AUTHORS
Justin A. Zucker1
Alex Klein2
Well into the state’s sixth housing element cycle, Californians have become increasingly aware of the Housing Element Law and a penalty allowing bypassing of local land use control known as the "Builder’s Remedy."3 The Housing Element Law is California’s primary vehicle for coordinating residential growth among the state’s 539 jurisdictions.4 Despite its lofty ambition, however, the Housing Element Law has historically done little to develop needed housing, functioning largely as a box-checking exercise for many local governments.