Real Estate & Construction Law

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Recent Posts from Real Estate & Construction Law

Sea Walls Can Be Expensive: $2 Million Mitigation Fee for Loss of Shoreline Recreational Value is Not a Taking
Ocean Harbor House Homeowners Association v. California Coastal Commission (May 23, 2008, H031129) 163 Cal.App.4th 215.By Aaron J. SobaskiA $2 million mitigation fee based on the present value of lost present and future public shoreline…
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: California Air Resources Board Releases Draft AB 32 Scoping Plan
By Randolph C. Visser and Kyndra Joy CasperThe Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) requires the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to prepare a Scoping Plan to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG)…
Army Corps Proposes Templates to Expedite Development and Approval of Mitigation Bank Proposals
By Robert J. Uram and Chase EnsignOn May 15, 2008, the Army Corps of Engineers issued a public notice describing and seeking public comment on five templates that seek to standardize the process of obtaining…
Federal Claims Court Awards $4.2M to Ranchers' Estate for Taking of Water Rights
By James RuskThe Court of Federal Claims this month awarded more than $4.2 million to the estate of Wayne and Jean Hage as compensation for the federal government’s taking of the Hages’ water rights and…
No Idling: California Air Resources Board Adopts New Off-Road Diesel Rule
By Olivier F. Theard and Kyndra Joy CasperIn an effort to reduce airborne diesel pollution, the California Air Resources Board has adopted a "no idling" rule for in-use off-road diesel-fueled vehicles, limiting idling for such…
Relief for Securitization Vehicles: Mortgage Modification under Foreclosure Prevention Programs
By D. Matthew RichardsonIn a recently-issued Revenue Procedure (Rev. Proc. 2008-28), the IRS states that the modification of certain mortgage loans under foreclosure prevention programs involving, for example, interest rate reductions, principal forgiveness, extensions of…
City of Los Angeles Adopts Green Building Ordinance on Earth Day
By James E. PughOn April 22, 2008, the City of Los Angeles passed Ordinance No. 179820 and thereby established a city-wide “Green Building Program.” The program is modeled after the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership…
Corps And EPA Issue Important New Mitigation Rule
On April 10, 2008, the Army Corps of Engineers ("Corps") and the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") issued a final rule governing mitigation requirements for unavoidable impacts to wetlands and other waters of the United States…
Five Year Statute of Limitations Applies to Unrecorded Rules of Homeowners Association
Pacific Hills Homeowners Association v. Prun (Mar. 20, 2008, G038244) __ Cal.App.4th __By S. Keith GarnerThe California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District recently held that the five-year statute of limitations in the Code…
The Vineyard EIR Water Services Principles Applied
SCOPE v. County of Los Angeles (November 26, 2007, B189116) 157 Cal. App. 4th 149By Maria Pracher and Misti SchmidtThe California Court of Appeal for the Second District recently issued the first appellate opinion to…