2015 SUPPLEMENT
Use of this Supplement
Dear Reader:
This Supplement is intended for use in conjunction with Curtin’s California Land Use & Planning Law,
Thirty-Fourth Edition (2014). In lieu of publishing the Thirty-Fifth Edition in 2015, the authors have
prepared a Supplement containing analyses of the most important decisions published in 2014 and 2015
(through May 1st) affecting California land use and planning. Chaptering of the Supplement is consistent
with the Thirty-Fourth Edition for ease of reference; however, only those chapters for which we have
identified significant case law are included in the Supplement. Moreover, although certain cases are
referenced in multiple chapters, each case is list ed only once in the table of contents, corresponding with
the chapter in which the case is most thoroughly discussed. The Supplement does not include legislation
or regulatory developments. Readers should anticipate that the most significant 2014 and 2015 cases
(including those published after May 1st), legislat ion, and regulatory developments will be addressed in the
Thirty-Fifth Edition to be published in early 2016.
Regards,
Cecily T. Barclay
Matthew S. Gray
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Table of Contents Page
CHAPTER 2 GENERAL PLAN ..................................................................................................................... 1
San Francisco Tomorrow v. City and County of San Francisco,
229 Cal. App. 4th 498 (2014) .................................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER 4 ZONING ................................................................................................................................... 2
Foothill Communities Coalition v. County of Orange (Roman Catholic Diocese of
Orange),
222 Cal. App. 4th 1302 (2014) .................................................................................................. 2
Eskeland v. City of Del Mar (Scurlock),
224 Cal. App. 4th 936 (2014) ................................................................................................ 2, 3
T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell, Georgia,
135 S. Ct. 808 (2015) ............................................................................................................ 3, 4
Walnut Acres Neighborhood Association v. City of Los Angeles,
235 Cal. App. 4th 1303 (2015) ................................................................................................... 4
CHAPTER 5 SUBDIVISIONS ....................................................................................................................... 5
Tarbet v. East Bay Municipal Utility District,
186 Cal. Rptr. 3d 387 (2015) ..................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 6 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) ..................................................... 6
Tuolumne Jobs & Small Business Alliance v. Superior Court,
59 Cal.4th 1029 (2014) .............................................................................................................. 6
Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians v. Brown,
229 Cal. App. 4th 1416 (2014) .................................................................................................. 7
CREED-21 v. City of San Diego,
234 Cal. App. 4th 488 (2015) ................................................................................................. 7,8
Saltonstall v. City of Sacramento (Sacramento Basketball Holdings LLC),
234 Cal. App. 4th 549 (2015) ................................................................................................. 8,9
San Francisco Beautiful v. City and County of San Francisco,
226 Cal. App. 4th 1012 (2014) ............................................................................................. 9-11
Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley (Logan),
60 Cal. 4th 1086 (2015) ................................................................................................ 10, 12-14
Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City and County of San Francisco,
222 Cal. App. 4th 863 (2014) .................................................................................................. 11
North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Westlands Water District,
227 Cal. App. 4th 832 (2014) ............................................................................................. 11,12
No Oil v. City of Angeles,
13 Cal.3d 68 ............................................................................................................................ 14
Citizens for the Restoration of L Street v. City of Fresno,
229 Cal. App. 4th 340 (2014) ............................................................................................ 14, 15
