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Tim Kassouni, a former PLF attorney, scored a remarkable victory this week in the California First District Court of Appeal in Lockaway Storage v. County of Alameda. Kassouni’s client, Lockaway Storage, purchased property in Alameda County in 2000, relying on an existing Conditional Use Permit that would allow it to build a boat and RV self-storage facility. Lockaway worked with County planning officials over the next two years who assured it that the project could move forward. But then in 2002, the County decided that Lockaway needed to apply for a new permit which the County Zoning Board and Board of Supervisors denied. These officials claimed that a voter initiative, which limited new growth in the County, prohibited Lockaway from moving forward with its project. The problem, was that the initiative specifically authorized projects which had already obtained all necessary discretionary permit approvals. And Lockaway had!

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