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Overview

Fighting Bad Development and Urban Sprawl in the California Courts

Introduction

This site and its contents are provided to help you, the lowly home or property owner, fight what is more often than not an overzealous and greedy development project getting steamrolled into your city. Sprawling strip malls and shopping centers, WalMarts, high-density condominiums...any of these projects can be stopped with the right legal tools at your disposal.

This guide is the result of many hours spent fighting local development in California and is provided to you free of charge. We only ask you to make a donation (see links on left) if you find the information useful and productive so that we may continue to provide and improve on this valuable guide.

• Chapter 1 - The Purpose of this Book
• Chapter 2 - The Writ of Mandate
• Chapter 3 - What to Do Before They Approve the Development
• Chapter 4 - Sue the Bastards: Procedure
• Chapter 5 - General Suggestions for Success
• Chapter 6 - Common Developer Tactics and How to Respond

This guide was written from the background and experience of challenging development within California, so you should verify your local laws before proceeding (especially laws that vary state by state and county by county). Even if you're challenging development outside of California, there should be some good ideas here to get you started.