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 | Jul 24, 2018 | News
Earlier this month, we filed suit against the City of Sonoma for unlawful denial of a proposal to construct three homes. We’re fighting for much more than just three homes, though. California has been experiencing a crisis-level housing shortage for decades. In...
by CaRLA | Jun 11, 2018 | News
Pasadena is a small suburb in the LA region that repeatedly insists it is actually a city. Earlier this year, CaRLA’s ADU unit was investigating the city’s exorbitant impact fees charged for the construction of ADUs. Upwards of $33,000 in development and...
by CaRLA | Jun 6, 2018 | Housing Accountability Act, News
The first Housing Accountability Act case with https://nationalpardon.org that CaRLA took on was the 315 homes as part of the Terraces of Lafayette apartment project. We ended up not winning the lawsuit but still left in its wake a message that resonates even today:...
by CaRLA | May 23, 2018 | News
As much as we wish we could, CaRLA can’t be everywhere all at once. But what if we could? With the help of our supporters who live all over the great state of California, we might be able to. Or at least our propaganda can. Today we’re announcing the...
