201901.04
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LA Eminent Domain Conference

We are pleased to announce that Brian Manning, Partner at Desmond, Nolan, Livaich & Cunningham, will be presenting on California’s wildfires and potential inverse condemnation liability at CLE International’s 21st Annual Southern California Eminent Domain Conference. The conference will be held from January 31 to February 1, 2019 in Los Angeles, California and will host…

201807.27
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Thunder Valley may help fund Placer Parkway

It was recently reported that the United Auburn Indian Community, the tribe connected to the Thunder Valley Casino Resort, may contribute $24 million toward the first phase of Placer Parkway. Phase 1 of the project includes: Widening the Highway 65 overcrossing to six lanes; Widening Whitney Ranch Parkway, from Highway 65 to University Avenue, to…

201805.04
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VALLEY RAIL PROJECT

On April 26, 2018, the California State Transportation Agency announced that the Valley Rail Project would receive $500.5 million in state funding. The money will primarily be used for new stations and track improvements and will ultimately connect Sacramento to the Altamont Corridor Express, which currently provides service between San Joaquin County and Silicon Valley….

201805.04
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Colony Cove Properties, LLC v. City of Carson: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Holds that City’s Refusal to Approve a Mobile Home Park Landlord’s Request for a Rent Increase is not an Unconstitutional Taking in Violation of the Fifth Amendment

Once again, a court has rejected a property owner’s inverse condemnation claim on a rent control issue. With the recent rent control initiative in California apparently gathering enough signatures to be placed on the November 2018 ballot, the case is yet another setback for challenging rent control ordinances on taking grounds. The ballot measure would…