Supreme Court of California

Where plaintiffs' proposal to convert a hotel from residential to full-time tourist use constituted an expansion of the hotel's historical use, a conditional use permit was required, and requiring plaintiffs to pay an in lieu fee to a government fund for the construction of low and moderate-income housing was not a taking.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/04/2002
• Published 03/04/2002

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Law Offices of Andrew M. Zacks, Andrew M. Zacks, San Francisco, James B. Kraus;  Law Offices of Paul F. Utrecht and Paul F. Utrecht, San Francisco, for Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants., Daniel J. Popeo, R. Shaw Gunnarson;  and Alexander Dushku for Washington Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants., Law Offices of Richard R. Dale and Richard R. Dale, Mill Valley, for Harsch Investment Corp. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants., R.S. Radford, Sacramento, and John A. Ramirez, Mill Valley, for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants., Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Mueller & Naylor, John E. Mueller and James R. Parrinello, Mill Valley, for San Francisco Association of Realtors and The Coalition for Better Housing as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants., Paul B. Campos, San Ramon;  Nicholas J. Cammarota;  and David C. Smith for the California Building Industry Association, Home Builders Association of Northern California and Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants., Louise H. Renne, City Attorney, Andrew W. Schwartz, Susan S. Cleveland and Ellen Forman, Deputy City Attorneys, for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents., Timothy J. Dowling and William Higgins, San Leandro, for 67 California Cities, the County Counsels' Association of California and the International Municipal  Lawyers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents., Goldfarb & Lipman, San Francisco, and Richard A. Judd for American Planning Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Richard M. Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, J. Matthew Rodgriquez, Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel L. Siegel, Deputy Attorney General, for People of the State of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents.