Besides the statutes mentioned above, land use in California is governed by a host of state planning laws, local land use plans, and municipal and county zoning and building codes. DeLano & DeLano assists clients who want to ensure that these laws and regulations are followed and enforced. Our work in this area often takes the form of participation in the administrative processes before various State and local governmental agencies, and ultimately, litigation. Often these lawsuits involve violations of CEQA, and land use decisions that are inconsistent with a community's General Plan or applicable community plan.

Examples of our work in this area include representing plaintiffs in litigation against:

• a demolition project on proposed parkland, resulting in a court order requiring consideration of the impacts of the entire park project;
  
  
• a proposed landfill, resulting in court decisions requiring two different agencies to consider the full scope of the environmental impacts associated with their actions