California Court of Appeal

City-s inclusionary zoning ordinance for affordable housing is not a facially invalid taking because it permits a developer to appeal for a reduction, adjustment, or complete waiver of the ordinance's requirements.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/06/2001
• Published 06/06/2001

Judges

• JONES, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Paul Campos, San Ramon;  Pacific Legal Foundation, James S. Burling and Mark T. Gallagher, Sacramento, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Harding Larmore Kutcher & Kozal, Christopher M. Harding and Kenneth L. Kutcher, Santa Monica, for California Housing Council and Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Hyde, Miller, Owen & Trost, Kirk E. Trost;  Thomas B. Brown, City Attorney, City of Napa, for Defendant and Respondent City of Napa., Goldfarb & Lipman, Richard A. Judd for Napa Chamber of Commerce, Napa Valley Farm Bureau, Napa Valley Grape Growers' Association, 72 California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Richard M. Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, J. Matthew Rodriguez, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tara L. Mueller, Deputy Attorney General, for the People of the State of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent., California AffordableHousing Law Project of the Public InterestLaw Project, Michael Rawson;  Western Center on Law and Poverty, Dara L.  Schur;  Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady Falk & Rabkin and Steven L. Mayer, San Francisco, for Intervenors and Respondents Napa Valley Community Housing, Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, Housing California, Patricia Domingo, Heather Clayton, Donna Simon, Hilda Avina, Rainy Stegall and Hector Candelario., Legal Aid of Napa, Richard A. Marcantonio, San Rafael, for Intervenors and Respondents Patricia Domingo, Heather Clayton, Donna Simon, Hilda Avina, Rainy Stegall and Hector Candelario.