Another year has come and gone. In Hawaii, two of the hottest “landuse” related topics in the public arena remain public beach access andtransient vacation rentals. Yet, there wasn’t much to report in theway of developments in the law in these areas, as the courts did notaddress these issues directly in any decisions. Nor were there anytrue “blockbuster” decisions from the U.S. or Hawaii Supreme Courts. No Kelo, no Lingle, no Rapanos. But there was a fair amount of sorting out in the lower courts, and the lack of attention-grabbing cases certainly it doesn’t mean that 2007 wasn’ta very interesting year in land use law.
Over the next several days, I’ll post some of the highlights (or lowlights, depending on your point ofview) in land use law and other topics covered oninversecondemnation.com in 2007. Look for the category “2007 in review” linked on the right, or visit the summary page for links to the stories.
If you think I missed any key cases or events, please email me or add the topic yourself in a comment.
Here’s the 2006 summary.