Focus (Forum & Focus)
Aug. 11, 2007
Equal Regulation?
Focus Column - By Elisa Paster and Niyati Vyas - The state Supreme Court gives cities the green light to dole out business advantages to preferred companies.
By Elisa Paster and Niyati Vyas
In Hernandez v. City of Hanford Cal.Rptr.3d (June 2007), the California Supreme Court held that cities can use their zoning authority to regulate economic competition to advance a legitimate public purpose and expand the limits of their police power. In an era in which economic development has become an increasing priority in planning and land use decisions, especially follow...
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