by CaRLA | Sep 13, 2021 | Housing Accountability Act, Legal Action, News
Oakland, CA — The California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CaRLA) is pleased to announce a precedent-setting victory in the fight for more housing and a more equitable California. In a much anticipated decision released Friday afternoon, the California...
by CaRLA | Aug 11, 2021 | Housing Accountability Act, Legal Action, News
We are simultaneously disappointed in and surprised by a trial judge’s ruling last week to deny 48 units of desperately needed and zoning-compliant housing in Huntington Beach on the grounds that the project is not protected by the Housing Accountability Act. This...
by CaRLA | Jan 14, 2020 | Housing Accountability Act
CaRLA has officially begun work on our appeal of the ruling we received in CaRLA v. San Mateo, because we believe the court is wrong: housing is a statewide issue that cannot be left solely in the hands of local governments.. As we’ve covered before, the trial court’s...
by CaRLA | Oct 22, 2019 | Housing Accountability Act
This Thursday is the court hearing for our case against the City of San Mateo, but what is at stake? Housing, of course, but we’re not just here to get housing built project-by-project. We’re here to restore a legal environment in which California builds...
by CaRLA | Sep 25, 2019 | Accessory Dwellings, Legal Action
Our demurrer hearing in CaRLA v Calabasas got delayed last week, as the city managed to convince the court that SB 13’s passage and imminent signing by Governor Newsom may render our lawsuit moot. Our hearing has now been rescheduled to October 29th at 1:30pm....
by CaRLA | Aug 28, 2019 | Housing Accountability Act
Remember when we filed suit against the City of San Mateo for their unlawful denial of 10 homes next to Caltrain? Tomorrow we’re finally having our day in court. San Mateo Superior Court, 2PM, Department 28. Peep our brief: Petitioner’s Reply Brief The...
