When an easement is granted, a property owner gives another person an interest in and right to use the land which is burdened by the easement. Easements are often conveyed, […]
Force Majeure and Covid: Implications on Tenancies and Rental Payments
What happens when a tenant does not pay rent citing the financial impacts of the COVID pandemic? Can such tenant rely on the force majeure provision in the lease to […]
New State Laws Affecting Condo Homeowners Associations
There are relatively fewer new state laws affecting condominium homeowners associations (“HOAs”) in 2023 than in recent years. However, one particular bill was passed by the California State legislature that […]
Details on San Francisco’s Proposed Housing Production Ordinance
Recently, Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Joel Engardio introduced an ordinance removing some of the Planning Code’s regulatory barriers to housing. A major implementing measure of San Francisco’s recent Housing […]
Up in Flames? Impact of Court Decision to Overturn Berkeley’s Natural Gas Ban
Last week, the Ninth Circuit struck down the City of Berkeley’s “Natural Gas Ban” in new construction regulations. The case, California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley, focused on whether […]
Can New Rules Jumpstart Downtown?
Last week, two new ordinances were introduced, both seeking to encourage residential conversion projects downtown, which have been recently touted by the media and policy advocates as one potential solution […]
2023 Legislation at a Glance – Part 2
As reported last week, this legislative session is packed full of pending bills with far reaching changes to land use controls and local control of such. In Part 1, we […]
2023 Legislation at a Glance – Part 1
As we’ve previously reported, 2022 was a blockbuster year for housing legislation and it appears this legislative session is gearing up to be just as consequential. But, with approximately a […]
Partitions by Appraisal Now Easier in California
A partition action is the procedure for segregating and terminating common interests in the same parcel of real property, resulting in either: (1) a physical division of the property; (2) a […]
SF Contemplates Major Reductions in Inclusionary Housing and Impact Fees
In the recently released Preliminary Controller Recommendations, the Inclusionary Housing Technical Advisory Committee (“TAC”) recommended reductions in San Francisco’s inclusionary housing requirements to make low- and mid-rise condo development feasible. […]