Land Use,
Constitutional Law
May 18, 2021
Over-reaching regulation squelched
Assume you bought a vacant parcel of land in an area built out with single family homes. Assume further that this is a coastal view site in a highly sought-after community. You would probably think you could develop your lot in a similar fashion to your neighbors and that the local regulators would cooperate in that process.
Michael M. Berger
Senior Counsel
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
2049 Century Park East
Los Angeles , CA 90067
Phone: (310) 312-4185
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Email: mmberger@manatt.com
USC Law School
Michael M. Berger is senior counsel at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, where he is co-chair of the Appellate Practice Group. He has argued four takings cases in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Assume you bought a vacant parcel of land in an area built out with single family homes. Assume further that this is a coastal view site in a highly sought-after community. You would probably think you could develop your lot in a similar fashion to your neighbors and that the local regulators would cooperate in that process.
That is what Thomas Felkay probably thought. But he was wrong. Indeed, he was so wrong that...
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