Hat tip to May it Please the Court for alerting us to a recent decision by the Second District Court of Appeals in California, LT-WR, L.L.C. v. California Coastal Comm’n (No. B187666, May 25, 2007).
In that case, the CCC denied a property owner’s request for a permit to allow it to maintain a fence
“Sustainability,” “smart growth” and “transit-oriented development” are the catchwords du jour these days in Honolulu, as we anticipate the $4B+ fixed guideway mass transit project. But from the San Francisco Chronicle comes this “cautionary tale” of a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) transit village gone. . .not quite right:
The basic moves are great: Three
The US Supreme Court today granted review to an inverse condemnation case against the US government. The issue in John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States,is whether the Tucker Act’s six-year statute of limitations is ajurisdictional bar to an inverse condemnation claim. Apparently, thegovernment on appeal did not assert that the claims
Last week was a busy one — quite a few local stories about land use and property law. Here’s a rundown:
The Garden Island reports that the Kauai County Council has passed a resolution purportedly designed to prevent the planting of “artificial” vegetation to expand private property onto the public beach:
The Kaua‘i County Council wants to halt the practice of beachfront owners to artificially expand their properties seaward with vegetation,
Through a resolution, five of
ThinkTech Hawaii, Jay Fidell’s Hawaii Public Radio program on FM89.3 KIPO, has posted both the show (20mb mp3) and the aftershow podcast (13mb mp3) of yesterday’s “Honolulu’s Fixed Guideways – How Will The Surrounding Areas be Developed.” I was a guest along with UH Law Professor David Callies, and Honolulu attorney and developer
A heads up: from 5 – 6 pm on Wednesday, May 23, I will be a guest on Jay Fidell’s ThinkTech Hawaii program on Hawaii Public Radio, KIPO.
The topic? “Oahu’s Light Rail – How Will the Surrounding Areas be Developed.” KIPO can be tuned in at FM89.3, or streaming audio is available here.
California Political Review has posted an op-ed about the Kauai real property tax appeal, currently awaiting a decision by the Hawaii Supreme Court.
Californians will recall that Proposition 13, with its promise of relief from crushing property taxation, was opposed by most of the state’s political establishment. Even after its approval by voters at
A story from today’s Garden Island News, about the Kauai Springs case, reporting that the circuit court has granted the company’s request for a preliminary injunction, preventing the County from putting Kauai Springs out of business while the appeal is being considered.
The case is the appeal by Kauai’s only bottled water company of