Posts in Year: 2009
Recent Cases Limit City Authority to Impose Affordable Housing and Fee Requirements
The newest edition of Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin’s legal udpate, The AGC Alert, has been issued. This edition of The AGC Alert addresses legal decisions which impact the field of affordable housing regulation. This edition of The AGC Alert can be viewed by clicking here.
Read MoreRecent CEQA Cases Provide Further Guidance On Lead Agency Powers
Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin announces its latest legal update, The AGC Alert, concerning recent developments in CEQA law. This edition of The AGC Alert can be viewed here. To subscribe to The AGC Alert, please join our mailing list by submitting your e-mail address to info@agclawfirm.com.
Read MoreApartment Owners Association News Publishes AGC Solar Rights Article
Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin is proud to announce that Apartment Owners Association News has published an article written by AGC attorneys. The article, entitled, “What Developers, Builders and Real Estate Professionals Should Know About the Law of Solar Rights and Shade,” summarizes two major solar energy.
Read MoreCourts Clarifies Standard of Review for Minor Employee Discipline
In Wences v. City of Los Angeles[1], the California Court of Appeal addressed what they considered an issue of first impression: Whether a reviewing court should apply the substantial evidence test or the independent judgment test in an administrative mandamus proceeding where the challenged discipline.
Read MoreAGC Defeats Legal Challenge to Sex Offender Ordinance
Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin is pleased to announce that it has successfully defeated an attempt by six convicted sex offenders to obtain a preliminary injunction against the City of Pico Rivera’s Sex Offender Ordinance. This is the first time a California court has considered the legality.
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