Real Property eNews

Berkeley Hills Watershed Coalition v. City of Berkeley (2019)_ Cal.App.5th _ , 2019 WL 365765: The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's order denying a writ petition challenging the approval of the construction of three new single-family homes on adjacent parcels in the Berkeley Hills. The Court of Appeal rejected petitioner's arguments that (1) the proposed construction was subject to the "location" exception to the Class 3 exemption for "up to three single-family residences" in urbanized areas under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA; Public Resources Code, section 21000 et seq.) and (2) that respondent failed to comply with several provisions of its zoning ordinance in approving the project. (C.A. 1st, January 30, 2019.) Read more

Read our interview with Rachael Callahan the principal of The Callahan Firm, APC and also San Diego Evictions which you will find at www.sandiegoevictions.com. Read more

Interview with Jeremy Olsan a long-time contributing member of our section. He practices in Sonoma County with Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz, LLP. Read more

The 38th Annual Real Property Spring Conference is quickly approaching! We hope that you have signed up for the Spring Conference being held May 2 to 5, 2019 in Newport Beach at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach which is located at 1107 Jamboree in Newport Beach. Read more

Membership in CLA is now available to: Members of the State BarOut of State AttorneysLaw StudentsNon-attorneys Why Join The Real Property Law Section: Meeting passionate real property professionalsReceive copies of our renowned Real Property Law Journal Publishes 3-4 issues Receive this e-bulletinGreat classes and webinars available around the stateCommunity service eventsNetworking eventsAccess to other sectionsRPLS will initiate and advocate legislation and regulationsDiscounts on professional services and productsPublic speaking and writing opportunities to reach up to 65,000 members Enrollment Forms California… Read more

Would you like to be interviewed for our next E-bulletin and have attended an RPLS Event? Shoot me an e-mail. Let’s document your experience! Read more

So I’m here with Charles Guarria the author of Proposition 13 - America's Second Great Tax Revolt: A Forty Year Struggle for Library Survival which has been recently released by Emerald Publishing Limited. The book is rich with the history of the law and is filled with anecdotes. It takes a close look at those who advocated both for and against the proposition, the processes behind government financing, taxing, spending, and organizing a grassroots campaign. You can find it here on Amazon. Read more

Although enacted just over one year ago, the impact of California Senate Bill 2 – commonly referred to as the Building Homes and Jobs Act (“SB 2” or the “Act”), has not yet been felt by lenders and loan servicers. But, as the revenue from the Act comes pouring in at a higher than expected rate, lenders and servicers will start to see more affordable housing construction throughout California, which in turn will mean more loans on affordable housing units to originate and service. Read more

It’s hard to be a trial lawyer when you’re hung over all the time. Or wondering how soon you can get finished with that discovery/pleading/deposition/trial day so you can get something — or rather a whole lot of something — to drink. But that’s precisely the life I endured and finally escaped on my birthday: February 27, 2001. Not my belly-button birthday, of course. My sobriety birthday. The first day of a life filled with miracles since I learned how to stop drinking, one day at a time. Read more

In Volume 3/4 for Fall 2017 of the Real Property Journal, I wrote an article on the Doctrine of Implied Dedication to a Public Use for Roadways Recreational Use in California as enunciated in the California Supreme Court decision of Scher v. Burke, , 3 Cal. 5th 136 (2017) modified, reh’g denied. In Scher the California Supreme Court concluded that the higher standard established by Civil Code § 1009 adopted by the California legislature in 1972 for establishing an implied dedication by public use applied to dedications to roadways as well as recreational properties. Read more