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In Nollan v.California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987), the United States Supreme Court ruled that a California Coastal Commission regulation which required private homeowners to dedicate a public easement along valuable beachfront property as a condition of approval for a construction permit to renovate their beach bungalow was unconstitutional.
San Diego County was one of the original counties formed when California gained statehood in 1850. The first elected officers of the San Diego Court of Sessions met in October 1850, including presiding judge Hon. John Hayes and associate judges Charles Haraszthy and William H. Moon; the First Court House, approximately at the intersection of San Diego and Mason Streets, was part of what is now ...
Another quirk is that because the superior courts are now fully unified with all courts of inferior jurisdiction, the superior courts must hear relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in such inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, "limited civil" actions (actions where the amount in controversy is below $35,000), and "small claims" actions.
In 1991, the Supreme Court of California ruled in Rider v. County of San Diego that a San Diego County sales tax to fund jail and courthouse construction was unconstitutional. The court ruled that because the tax money was targeted towards specific programs rather than general spending, it counted as a "special tax" under Proposition 13 and ...
Other incorporated cities have some or all of these services provided by the County under a contract arrangement. In addition, several entities of the government of California have jurisdiction conterminous with San Diego County, such as the San Diego Superior Court. The county motto is "The noblest motive is the public good."
Energy Department Says Wind Energy Could Be Savior, San Francisco Chronicle, May 13, 2008; Geothermal Markets are heating up Energy Current May 5, 2008; Energy bill a step back for clean power, opponents say; Prop 7 pits opponents; 2 energy propositions flawed, critics say, San Francisco Chronicle.
The James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse, also known simply as the Carter-Keep Courthouse, [1] [2] is a federal courthouse in San Diego, California.It is a sixteen-story facility on 2.6 acres (11,000 m 2) that includes courtrooms, judges chambers, offices and courtroom galleries of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, along with ...
The superior courts have appellate divisions (superior court judges sitting as appellate judges) which hear appeals from decisions of other superior court judges (or commissioners, or judges pro tem) who heard and decided relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, and ...