The First District finds application of SB 35 to charter cities is constitutional and requires City to ministerially approve a mixed-use residential development.
In Ruegg & Ellsworth v. City of Berkeley (2021) 63 Cal.App.5th 277 the First District Court of Appeal decided the first published case addressing Senate Bill 35 (SB 35). The 2017 law allows qualifying projects with an affordable housing component...