The San Diego Union-Tribune: America’s first zoning law was about race

July 03, 2025

The causes of our housing crisis didn't just happen by accident — they were built on purpose. In the first installment of this series, we saw how misguided government policies have made decent housing unaffordable and unattainable for too many Americans. But to fully understand how we got here, we have to go back to the beginning — to the first ...

Judges should judge

July 03, 2025

The term hath endeth! The justices are slathering on the SPF, teaching classes in Italy, gallivanting in their RVs, and doing whatever else it is that the justices do for the summer. Justices, they're just like us—but with robes. After this scoop of SCOTUS, we'll have one final recap of the term before I, too, break for summer. Except my "break" ...

Euclid turns 100: Rethinking an Antiquated Case and Reimagining Euclidean Zoning for the Century Ahead

July 03, 2025

Pacific Legal Foundation, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School seek papers for a law symposium.

St. Louis should be leery of eminent domain as a solution to downtown’s ‘doom loop’

July 03, 2025

The City of St. Louis is seizing ownership of the downtown Railway Exchange Building away from its current private owners. The iconic building still evokes nostalgic holiday memories of its once-grand Famous-Barr flagship store's Christmas decorations. The store was reminiscent of A Christmas Story, where Ralphie was mesmerized by the Higbee's depa ...

The Dakota Scout: Biden’s backdoor land grab deserves congressional reversal

July 03, 2025

In the last few days of 2024, the Biden administration quietly released Public Land Order 7956 — an administrative maneuver that halted mineral development across more than 20,000 acres in western South Dakota. The move immediately blocked F3 Gold's mineral exploration plans, even though the company had secured a lawful permit from the U.S. Depar ...

Lindsey Rodrian

July 02, 2025

Lindsey Rodrian serves as the Digital Marketing manager at Pacific Legal Foundation, where she collaborates with exceptional storytellers and creatives to craft bold, cross-channel strategies that amplify PLF’s voice in the national digital landscape. She joined the brand team in early 2024, bringing over a decade of marketing experience and a deep commitment to the […]

Bridget Conlan

July 02, 2025

Bridget Conlan is an attorney in Pacific Legal Foundation’s Property Rights practice.

California rolls back CEQA in bipartisan win for abundance agenda 

July 01, 2025

California has been having a rough year: In a short six months it was hit with wildfires, urban unrest, and even some small earthquakes. But this week the Golden State made a decision that should change its luck: It reformed its most powerful environmental regulation, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), to ease the way for new constru ...

Victory for New Jersey woman in home equity theft case 

July 01, 2025

The government stole from Lynette Johnson, a Guyanese immigrant in New Jersey, when it foreclosed on her property, sold it, and pocketed the difference between her property's selling price ($101,000) and her property tax debt (about $24,000). Finally, last week—after four years of Pacific Legal Foundation fighting for Lynette in court, and more ...

Court vindicates protections against NJ’s tax theft scheme

June 30, 2025

A former East Orange property owner is celebrating after a New Jersey court ruled the City violated her rights by taking the equity she had in her commercial property.