Next week (May 12 – 15, 2011), the ABA Section of State & Local Government Law is meeting in Portland, Oregon.
This is our Spring Meeting (complete agenda here), and is co-sponsored by the Urban Land Institute and the American Planning Association. In addition to the business and administrative meetings (I promise, the meeting
The Washington Supreme Court held that a state statute allowing relocation benefits to property owners displaced by an exercise of eminent domain does not impliedly allow the property owner to recover prejudment interest on the award:
This case involves whether interest is allowable as part of an award of relocation assistance benefits under the relocation
To all of you who attended the first day of the Hawaii Land Use Conference today, thank you. As promised, here are the items I discussed during my two sessions:
Starting at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 2011, the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in Pavsek v. Sandvold, No. 29179. In that case, the court is considering whether a complainer can circumvent the City’s enforcement procedures and the administrative appeal process by instituting an original jurisdiction lawsuit claiming that
In County of Sonoma v. Superior Court, No. A128734 (Dec. 15, 2010), the California Court of Appeal, First District concluded that an equal protection challenge to the requirement in Sonoma County’s zoning code that medical marijuana dispensaries obtain a permit to operate must have been brought within 90 days of the enactment of the
The week before last, the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Real Property and Financial Services Section held a session on recent developments in land use law of interest to local dirt lawyers.
We were not able to attend (we were teaching a seminar on water law), but our Damon Key colleagues Mark Murakami, Greg
Last Friday, I was on the faculty of Integrating Water Law and Land Use Planning, a seminar on Hawaii’s unique water law.
My session covered “Water Rights, Property Rights and the Law of Settled Expectations,” and provided a crash course in Hawaii land use law, the interrelationship between land use law and water law
On Friday, November 19, 2010, I’ll be on the faculty of “Integrating Water Law and Land Use Planning” in Honolulu. My session will cover “Water Rights, Property Rights and the Law of Settled Expectations.”
Other sessions include “Hawaiian Water Rights – Where Culture and the Law Merge,” “Amendments to the Instream Flow Standards
Mark your calendars for January 13 and 14, 2011 for the 5th Hawaii Land Use Law Conference, to be held in Honolulu. Yes, it’s a few months away, but this is the Big One, it only comes around every two years, and you don’t want to miss it.
The program chairs are Professor David Callies
University of Hawaii lawprof David L. Callies needs no introduction to the readers of this blog. He’s one of the deans of the national and international land use bar and professoriate, but those of us who practice land use law in Hawaii consider him our special mentor (dare I say guru?) when the topic of Hawaii land use law is raised. Virtually every dirt lawyer practicing here has studied under or with him.
Those of us who consider this area of law our calling have for years looked forward to an update of Regulating Paradise, his seminal book on Hawaii’s complex and multi-layered system of land use and regulation.
Well wait no further. The University of Hawaii Press has published the second edition of Professor Callies’ essential work. Purchase your copy here (a mere $22). Here’s the Introduction.
We haven’t had an opportunity to pore through the nearly 400 pages of text (illustrated with the irreplaceable Corky Trinidad‘s editorial cartoons), so a more complete review will follow once we’ve had a chance to do so. In the meantime, voices more eminent than our own have weighed in:
“A masterful analysis of [Hawai‘i’s] land use laws.” —Daniel R. Mandelker, Stamper Professor of Law, Washington University, St. Louis
“Essential reading for all who seek to understand how land use is regulated in Hawai‘i or to apply the lessons learned there to other states.” —Dan Tarlock, Distinguished Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law
“A must-read for both neophyte and veteran legal practitioners. Callies’ in-depth and insightful explanations and commentaries on Hawai‘i’s complex land use and planning laws provide a road map for understanding the state’s multi-layered regulatory scheme.” —Benjamin A. Kudo, Ph.D.
“With this magnificent new work, and its far ranging, comprehensive analysis – from the feudal land holdings of the monarchy to regulating McMansions – Professor Callies teaches and entertains us with tales of success and failure in Hawaiian land use and development law. There are lessons here for every one of us, all across this country.” —Dwight Merriam, Robinson & Cole
If the second edition is anything like the first, Regulating Paradise will occupy an frequently-used spot on our back bookshelf. More to follow.
Continue Reading New Book: Callies, Regulating Paradise – Land Use Controls In Hawaii (2d ed. 2010)