Property Law

Boil notice lifted for Jackson after nearly 7 weeks of water crisis, Mississippi officials announce (nbcnews.com) Michigan charter school spending questioned - Chalkbeat Detroit Gov. Ron DeSantis' Administration Tells Florida Town to Abandon Zoning Reform (reason.com) Chicago Looks to Boost Hiring for People Released From Prison - Bloomberg N.Y. State Vote Could Raise Pressure on Officials Over Hasidic Schools - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Public Libraries Face Thre

Gavin Newsom signs California gun bill modeled after Texas abortion law - CNNPolitics Nearly half of Oregon’s inmate population included in first class action suit of its kind – Oregon Capital Chronicle Code Snitching: Nashvillians Are Weaponizing Metro Codes Against ‘Undesirable’ Neighbors | Cover Story | nashvillescene.com Ceremony marks official return of Bruce's Beach - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) A College Town Takes On Exclusionary Zoning - Bloomberg Over 2.5 m

Preserving History in a Town that Doesn’t Want to Remember San Francisco’s public nuisance suit against pharma for opioids will go forward Biden is Doubling Down on a Push to Roll Back Single-Family Zoning Laws The Jeffrey Toobin of Local Government A Lake in Florida is Suing to Protect Itself NYC’s Big Clean-Energy Project Poses A Major Climate Test For The Country

DeSantis goes after Disney’s special government status in Florida City leaders threatened employees who wanted to publicly speak on sexual harassment problems in the police department Homeowners fight back against corporate landlords in Charlotte Problems with Opportunity Zones in L.A. Miamicoin and the brave new world of cities and crypto-currency

Wealthy donors want to dictate what happens in the public space of Washington Square Park Local Governments Fight Over Water in Arizona New Orleans Residents Won $75 Million Settlement Against The City and Housing Authority After Living On Toxic Landfill A novel pathway in NJ to police misconduct records. Will other states follow? Utah’s Walkable ‘15-Minute City’ Could Still Leave Lots of Room for Cars

Welcome to the second installment of Swan's Picks! Catch up on some state and local news before the weekend arrives. The Florida House has passed a 15 week abortion ban …and Florida may also pass “the preemption bill to end all preemption bills” Since the mountain lions cannot, California NIMBYs consider whether direct democracy and “the mother of all NIMBY initiatives” can let them escape from state zoning laws …and they figure out a way to crush the dreams of thousands of

Here is Part 3 or this four-part series: The HAA prevents cities from denying or reducing the density of housing projects, but it doesn’t exempt projects from environmental review under CEQA. CEQA spells out time limits for the completion of environmental reviews, but as yesterday’s post explained, those limits have proven illusory in court. So if a city wants to deny a project that the HAA protects, what’s to keep the city from laundering the denial, as it were, through CEQ