by CaRLA | Dec 6, 2018 | Housing Accountability Act, News
1310 Haskell St. One of our earlier cases was 1310 Haskell St, Berkeley, CA. Here, Cristian wanted to replace one single family mansion in a low-rise South Berkeley neighborhood with three working class homes, each selling for less than $800,000. The alternative was...
by CaRLA | Nov 14, 2018 | Housing Accountability Act, News
Not all of our cases make it to litigation. In fact, many of them never make it through to an unlawful denial. In every case, we start out by submitting a stern letter reminding the city in question of their obligation to follow state law, and sometimes it works!...
by CaRLA | Nov 12, 2018 | News
Last week, we announced a victory in our lawsuit against the City of Dublin for their unlawful denial of 220 homes next to the Dublin BART station. Tracking the 500-plus cities and counties of California is a monumental task. CaRLA has a staff of three doing that hard...
by CaRLA | Oct 8, 2018 | Housing Accountability Act
Earlier this year, CaRLA filed a lawsuit against the city of Dublin for an unlawful denial of 220 homes at Dublin BART. Today, we are excited to announce that we have secured a victory in our suit. The City of Dublin will be reconsidering their decision to ban renters...
by CaRLA | Aug 20, 2018 | Legal Action
The Surplus Lands Act is a reasonably straightforward law. When a local agency proposes to sell of surplus public land, it is required to offer that land up for non-profit affordable housing development before turning to for-profit developers.Today, CaRLA has joined...
