A recent California Supreme Court decision on redevelopment agencies will wound, but not cripple, related legal practices across the state.
In December, the high court upheld Gov. Jerry Brown’s legislation that would dismantle the state’s redevelopment agency structure. Lawyers whose practices would feel a direct sting are hoping efforts by the California Redevelopment Association and the League of California Cities to strike a deal with legislators preserving the agencies in some form will bear fruit. Barring a compromise by the Feb. 1 court-set deadline, though, 400 organizations that use tax money to fund economic development in blighted areas would cease to exist, potentially throwing numerous housing and commercial projects into disarray.
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