Orchard Estate Homes, Inc., is a 93-unit planned residential development,
governed by covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&R’s), supplemented by rules
and regulations prohibiting short term rentals of units for durations of less than 30 days.
When Orchard’s homeowners association attempted to enforce this rule against an owner
who used a unit for such purpose, a lower co

San Diegans for Open Government (SDOG) appeals from an adverse judgment in
its lawsuit challenging an amended and restated lease that the City of San Diego (City)
entered into with Symphony Asset Pool XVI, LLC (Symphony) to lease City-owned land
containing an oceanfront amusement park in San Diego's Mission Beach neighborhood,
and potentially extending the term of a prior lease of

Appellants Venice Coalition to Preserve Unique
Community Character and Celia R. Williams alleged in a
complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court that the
City of Los Angeles engaged in a pattern and practice of illegally
exempting certain development projects in Venice from
permitting requirements in the Venice Land Use Plan and in the
California Coastal Act. The

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The filing date of a bankruptcy petition determines the
law governing exemptions and freezes the value of the
exemptions that the debtor may claim. Because Debra
Wilson’s amended bankruptcy schedules sought to claim
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more than Washington law permitted her to claim as of the
petition date, we affirm the district court’s decision, limiting
her claimed

In this case, the parties dispute which of their recorded liens against a golf course
property has priority. In 2013, defendant, cross-complainant, and respondent, Southern
California Investors, Inc. (SCI), recorded a third deed of trust against the golf course
property. In 2014, plaintiff, cross-defendant, and appellant, Bear Creek Master
Association (BCMA), a homeowners associati