by Dylan Casey | Jun 18, 2019 | Accessory Dwellings, Legal Action, News
Today, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance that will allow for all new single-family homes to be developed as duplexes, by including an accessory dwelling unit (ADU). Further, the ordinance would exempt ADUs added to existing single-family homes...
by Dylan Casey | May 29, 2019 | Accessory Dwellings, Legal Action
On May 23rd, 2019, California Renters Legal Advocacy & Education Fund filed suit to force Calabasas (in LA County) to follow state housing law. In January 2019, Calabasas City Council passed an ADU ordinance ostensibly to bring their code into compliance with...
by CaRLA | Jan 14, 2019 | Housing Accountability Act, Workshops
2019 promises to be an exciting year in housing law. New legislation, a new governor, and we can pretty much guarantee that cities will find new ways to violate state law. They do it every year. The good news is CaRLA is keeping on top of it so you don’t have...
by Dylan Casey | Dec 7, 2018 | Legal Action
Today CaRLA has filed a lawsuit against the City of San Francisco to correct portions of its ADU ordinance that fail to comply with state requirements. Last summer, San Francisco updated its ADU ordinance in several ways that made it easier to develop ADUs in the...
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!...
