A Selected Bibliography of Land Use Findings
I. PUBLISHED REPORTS
Abbott, William W. "Sierra Club v. Hayward: The Judicial Background
to AB 2074." In California Governor's Office of Planning and Research.
Room to Grow. Sacramento, CA, 1983.
Lauber, Daniel. American Society of Planning Officials. Chicago, IL, September
1975. (Planning Advisory Service Report No. 312).
University of Oregon. School of Community Service and Public Affairs. Bureau
of Governmental Research and Service. Findings in Land Use Decisions.
Eugene, OR, January 1982. (Produced in cooperation with the League of
Oregon Cities and the Association of Oregon Counties.)
II. UNPUBLISHED REPORTS AND WORKING PAPERS
Curtin, Daniel J. Jr. "Findings in Zoning Administration." Paper
presented at the Seventh Annual AICP Zoning Institute, San Francisco, CA,
November 8, 1987.
Logan, Robert. "The How to of Findings: Surgical Wizardry." Paper
presented at the League of California Cities, City Attorneys Department,
Spring Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 3-5, 1978.
San Diego. County Counsel. "Findings in Administrative Proceedings"
by Joseph Kase Jr. June 1980.
San Diego. County Counsel. "Planning and Land Use Handbook: A Guide
for Planning, Land Use, Zoning, and Environmental Decision Making Bodies."
Prepared for use as part of a training course. Revised December 1985.
Smith, R. Marlin. "Findings in Zoning Administration." Paper presented
at the Fifth Annual AICP Zoning Institute, San Francisco, CA, October 29,
1985.
III. LAW JOURNAL ARTICLES
DiMento, Joseph F. "Developing the Consistency Doctrine: The Contribution
of the California Courts." 20 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 285 (Spring 1980).
Hile, Gregory A. "Zoning by Initiative in California: A Critical Analysis."
12 LOYOLA L. REV. 903 (1979).
Kahn, James R. "In Accordance with a Constitutional Plan: Procedural
Due Process and Zoning Decisions." 6 HASTINGS CONST. L. Q. 1011 (Summer
1979).
Levitan, Sarah Reusch. "The Legislative-Adjudicative Distinction in
California Land Use Regulation: A Suggested Response to Arnel Development
Co. v. City of Costa Mesa." 34 HASTINGS L. J. 425 (November 1982).
Moskowitz, Joel S. "Spinning Gold Into Straw: The Ordinary Use of the
Extraordinary Writ of Mandamus to Review Quasi-Legislative Actions of California
Administrative Agencies." 20 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 351 (Spring 1980).
Ramos, Jose R. "Land Use Findings Handbook - A Draft." 3 CALIFORNIA
REAL PROPERTY JOURNAL 29 (Spring 1985). (Publication of the State Bar of
California, Real Property Law Section, San Francisco, CA.)
Selmi, Daniel P., "The Judicial Development of the California Environmental
Quality Act." 18 U.C.D. L. REV. 197 (1984).
IV. LAWS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
California. Department of Transportation. Division of Aeronautics. Airport
Land Use Planning Handbook: A Reference and Guide for Local Agencies
prepared by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Association of
Bay Area Governments. Sacramento, CA, July 1983.
California. Governor's Office of Planning and Research. CEQA: The California
Environmental Quality Act - Statutes and Guidelines. Sacramento, CA,
June 1986.
California. Governor's Office of Planning and Research. General Plan
Guidelines. Sacramento, CA, June 1987.
California. Governor's Office of Planning and Research. Planning, Zoning,
and Development Laws, 1989. Sacramento, CA, February 1989.
California. Legislature. Assembly. Local Government Committee. Guide
to Cortese/Knox Local Government Reorganization Act of 1985. Sacramento,
CA, October 1985, Revised 1989.
V. LEGAL REFERENCES
Curtin, Daniel J. Jr. California Land-Use and Planning Law. 9th ed.
Berkeley, CA: Solano Press, 1989.
Curtin, Daniel J. Jr., Robert E. Merritt Jr., David A. Gold, and David L.
Preiss. California Subdivision Map Act Practice. Berkeley, CA: California
Continuing Education of the Bar, 1988.
Davis, Kenneth Culp. Administrative Law and Government. 2nd ed. St.
Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 1975.
Hagman, Donald G., John H. Larson, and Charles R. Martin. California
Zoning Practice. Herbert Gross, Editor. Berkeley, CA: California Continuing
Education of the Bar, 1969.
Longtin, James. Longtin's California Land Use. 2d ed., Vol. I and
II, Malibu, CA: Local Government Publications, 1987.
Sullivan, Robert J. California Administrative Mandamus. Donald R.
Briggs, Editor. May 1987 Supplement to California Practice Book No. 31.
Berkeley, CA: California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1987.
Williams, Charles J. California Zoning Practice. Robert N. Waxman,
Editor. December 1986 Supplement. Berkeley, CA: California Continuing Education
of the Bar, 1986.
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