PLF colleague Jennifer Fry recently posted on the frustrations of a Sacramento family after their home burned down. FEMA’s de-certification of the levees protecting their neighborhood resulted in a building moratorium that prevents the Taylors from rebuilding their fire-destroyed home, even though they … Continue reading
We have previously reported on the Tuolumne Jobs case, an important appellate decision expanding CEQA and diminishing California voters’ constitutional right of initiative. The Tuolumne Jobs decision broke with precedent and held that a city counsel was required to prepare … Continue reading
We previously reported on the decision from California’s Fifth Appellate District in the case of Tuolumne Jobs, holding that CEQA applies to local voter initiatives under certain circumstances. Earlier this month, the real parties in interest in the case, James Grinnell, Wal-Mart … Continue reading
In light of the Court’s recent, disappointing decision in the Pacific Palisades Coastal Commission case, it’s encouraging to note when the Court got it right in Young v. Schmidt. This was the case brought by former UCLA Chancellor Charles Young challenging Proposition … Continue reading
Today in Young v. Schmidt the California Court of Appeal upheld Proposition 13’s requirement that all state taxes pass by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature. In a terse, unpublished opinion, the court struck down former UCLA Chancellor Charles Young’s … Continue reading
Yesterday, PLF filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Young v. Schmidt. This is the case that challenges Proposition 13’s requirement that all new taxes imposed by the state Legislature pass by a two-thirds vote. As discussed, Charles Young—the plaintiff in the … Continue reading
In 1978, California voters passed Proposition 13, a property tax relief initiative. Hailed as a “modern Boston Tea party,” Proposition 13 amended the state Constitution to substantially alter California’s system of taxation. It limited property taxes to 1% of the … Continue reading