Zoning, Planning and Use
Nov. 8, 2005
Sketchy Ruling Saps City's Power to Settle Suit
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - A strange thing happened to the city of Malibu. It thought it had settled years of contentious litigation with a land developer in a way that would benefit both the developer (by allowing a project to proceed) and the city (by having the developer give about three fourths of its property to the city for a park). And then the Court of Appeal said it could not settle the case at all. Trancas Property Owners Association v. City of Malibu , 132 Cal.App.4
By Michael M. Berger
A strange thing happened to the city of Malibu.
It thought it had settled years of contentious litigation with a land developer in a way that would benef...
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