Can Cities Run Out the Clock on the Builder’s Remedy? A court in Santa Clara says no way. (opens in new tab)

A Santa Clara Superior Court judge ruled that Los Gatos improperly tried to block two developers from building new housing in the Silicon Valley city of 30,000. Thanks in part to an amicus brief by YIMBY Law, the court ruled in Town of Los Gatos v. Arya Property, LLC, et al. that the law in California allows developers to make multiple attempts to fix incomplete applications.