zoning laws | firsttuesday Journal

May a city by ordinance prohibit short-term rentals in the coastal zone without coastal commission approval?

by Kinnedy Kriso | Jun 30, 2022 | Recent Case Decisions | 0

Keen v. City of Manhattan Beach

Local governments try to dodge California’s single family zoning ban

by Carrie B. Reyes | May 2, 2022 | Laws and Regulations, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Real Estate | 1

Designating landmark districts and wildlife sanctuaries are just some of the ways towns are attempting to avoid the new, looser zoning laws.

The sky is falling! Actually, it’s just new home sales

by Casandra Lopez | Aug 23, 2021 | Real Estate | 0

New single family home (SFRs) sales fell 6.6% in June from May, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 676,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The gap between white and black homeownership rates is growing

by Benjamin J. Smith | Mar 26, 2019 | Fair Housing, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate | 0

The decline in American homeownership rates is most severe among black Americans — how did we get here, and what can be done to solve the problem?

Can local zoning restrict medical marijuana dispensaries?

by Nicole Jessen | Oct 17, 2013 | Commercial, Investment, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

A business operated a medical marijuana dispensary (MMD) in an area of a county where MMDs are prohibited under zoning regulations. The county attempted to discontinue the nonconforming use of the property.