by CaRLA | May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Alhambra City Attorney gives a presentation to the Alhambra City Council on the current and potentially future state housing laws. “I’m just the messenger,” he says, “these laws weren’t my ideas.”...
by CaRLA | May 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
In 2017 Michael Goolsby, an attorney specializing in preying upon victims of foreclosure, faced a career crisis. He had just been disbarred by the California Bar Association after repeatedly violating rules against practicing law unlicensed in other states. With his...
by CaRLA | May 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Vallco Mall project in Cupertino, also called Vallco City Center, has become a flashpoint for pro-housing and anti-housing sentiment on the peninsula. The question over wether an empty mall will be allowed to become housing has inflamed tensions in Cupertino and...
by CaRLA | May 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
… The YIMBY Era! The League of Cities is holding a conference for City Attorneys May 8-10th. One of the sessions is called “Navigating Housing Development in the New Era,” and the “New Era” is the era of YIMBYism.Navigating Housing...
by CaRLA | May 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
MAY 8th, 1:30 pm, 375 Beale St.: The MTC Policy Subcomittee is considering the state wide streamlining/ pro-housing bills. Here is the agenda. Here is an 11 page summary of many of the housing bills before the state this year. MAY 10th, 9:15 am, 375 Beale St.: The...
