Court holds that insurer has duty to defend in Rev 973 case
By Brian Paget
Paladin Law Group and one its clients had a victory recently: the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California held that Wilshire Insurance Company has a duty to defend its insured in a lawsuit entitled, Rev ...
Read MoreBona Fide Prospective Tenants – An Expanded Reading of CERCLA’s Brownfields Amendments
By Bret Stone
CERCLA[1] has long been the tool of choice for federal regulators to use as a means of forcing cleanup of contaminated properties and is rightly feared by commercial property owners due to the strict, j...
Read MoreBike Coalition Shifting into High Gear
By Nick Welsh, Santa Barbara Independent
Just as the city has launched a major new bicycle planning initiative, the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition has sought to solidify its immediate future and long-term financial viability by purchasing the ...
Read MoreCalifornia’s Reaction to the Drought — Statewide Groundwater Management and $7.5 Billion in Water Funding
By Kirk Tracy
In the midst of a multi-year drought,[1] California recently passed two major pieces of legislation which are aimed at having significant impacts to water management statewide. O...
Read MoreCarrillo Holdings’ selling spree – $12.2M Santa Barbara property caps off year of deals
By Elijah Brumback, Pacific Coast Business Times
Thanks to a four-year renovation, new tenants and a Starbucks coffee anchor, owners of a downtown Santa Barbara property were able to flip the Carrillo Street asset for $12.2 million.
The ...
Read More
