A recent California Court of Appeal decision considered the argument that a county requiring property owners to dedicate an overflight easement as a condition to issuance of a building permit was an unconstitutional exaction. The court concluded that the owners could not establish a taking because they were unable to show that the government simply
March 2014
Challenge To Annexation Dismissed Due To Failure To Comply With Required Procedures
By Marie Cooper on
CEQA and other claims challenging a completed annexation were dismissed because they had not been brought in a reverse validation proceeding. Protect Agricultural Land v. Stanislaus County Local Agency Formation Commission (No. F066544, 1/28/14)
The Stanislaus County Local Agency Formation Commission approved annexation of land into the City of Ceres, relying on an EIR the…