California’s continuing shortfall of new housing to meet demand has led to the enactment of a number of measures at the state level to encourage housing development and to limit the grounds for local governments to disapprove or excessively condition particular projects.
The use of private covenants governing the use, improvement, and occupancy of real property has a long and sometimes checkered history in California, as it does throughout the nation.
On September 16, 2021, Governor Newsom signed two bills that take effect on January 1, 2022, and are intended to foster more intensive residential development in existing single-family zoned areas.
The pace of construction of new housing in California consistently falls far short of demand.
California legislature has imposed new limits on parties’ ability to rely on so-called ephemeral electronic communications.
In mid-1999, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws approved and recommended for enactment in all states a Uniform Electronic Transaction Act (“UETA”).