Matthew D. Hinks

Government and Land Use The Court Found the City of LA Acted in Bad Faith in Denying a Housing Development Project in Boyle Heights

On January 30, 2025, Judge Curtis A. Kin found that the City of Los Angeles (City) acted in bad faith and violated the Housing Accountability Act (HAA)—known as the “Anti-NIMBY Act” when the East Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (APC) denied a 50-unit mixed use TOC housing development project in Boyle Heights (Project) based on […]

Environmental and Litigation For Vulcan Materials Company, Western Division: California Court of Appeal rules in favor of JMBM client in CEQA challenge

For Vulcan Materials Company, Western Division: On February 19, 2013, the Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal ruled in favor of JMBM client Vulcan Materials Company in a CEQA challenge brought against the City of Azusa by the City of Duarte. Duarte sought to prevent Vulcan’s plans to change the location of […]

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