Government
May 14, 2007
City's Hillside Building Ban Is Not a 'Taking'
A Los Angeles judge’s ruling may force a profound shift in California's legal landscape, making it harder for property owners to challenge building bans on geologically unstable hillsides.
By Max Follmer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Disaster-prone California's legal landscape might face a profound shift in the fallout from a Los Angeles judge's ruling that a local government agency need not pay property owners when the agency moves to restrict development in geologically unstable areas.
The judge rejected the claims of 16 Rancho Palos Verdes landowners who sued...
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Disaster-prone California's legal landscape might face a profound shift in the fallout from a Los Angeles judge's ruling that a local government agency need not pay property owners when the agency moves to restrict development in geologically unstable areas.
The judge rejected the claims of 16 Rancho Palos Verdes landowners who sued...
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