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PLF’s Tony Francois will discuss CBIA v. San Jose on KQED Forum tomorrow at 9 : 00 am

April 08, 2015 | By TONY FRANCOIS

I will be joining KQED host Michael Krasny on his program tomorrow morning during the 9:00 AM hour, to discuss this morning’s oral arguments before the California Supreme Court in California Building Industry Association v. City of San Jose. UPDATE: Audio from this morning’s appearance is available here. … ...

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Money and land, buildings and mortgages . . .

April 06, 2015 | By TONY FRANCOIS

. . . are all property interests that a developer must turn over to the City of San Jose as the price of building new housing for city residents. These transfers are called exactions when they must be given in exchange for a permit to use your property. I will be arguing this Wednesday morning to the California … ...