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Zoning, Planning and Use

Feb. 6, 2007

Map Act Mayhem

FOCUS COLUMN - By Cecily T. Talbert and Joshua Safran - Just when a Santa Barbara County developer thought it was able to go ahead with a project, the newly incorporated city of Goleta stepped in. The resulting California Supreme Court opinion, analyzed by two real estate specialists, is a must-read for practitioners.

Focus Column

By Cecily T. Talbert and Joshua Safran
     
      The California Supreme Court recently clarified in City of Goleta v. Superior Court of Santa Barbara County (O.C. Sandpiper Gen. Partnership), 2006 DJDAR 16559 (Dec. 22), that newly incorporated cities may have discretion to disapprove a final subdivision map after the vesting tentative subdivision map has been approved by the count...

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