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Jonathan Zasloff teaches Torts, Land Use, Environmental Law, Comparative Urban Planning Law, Legal History, and Public Policy Clinic – Land Use, the Environment and Local Government. He has practiced for at one of Los Angeles’ leading public interest environmental and land use firms, challenging poorly planned development and working to expand the network of the city’s urban park system, and serves on the Boards of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.

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People who live in a community are keenly attuned to their own interests. They are not attuned at all to…

On Cleanup On Aisle NIMBY!!

I *completely* question growing it in the desert with huge amounts of heavily subsidized water. But even if we aren't…

On What Is Water Use, Anyway?

On What Is Water Use, Anyway?

When an international pandemic travels literally around the world and rockets between states, there IS no intrastate commerce in this…

On Federalism Is For Suckers

Ahilan's analysis agrees completely with mine. He makes clear that the issue is one of due process, not federalism. Indeed,…

On Federalism Is For Suckers

Agreed. Keep the stuff in the ground.

On Saved By The…Air Conditioner?

Agree completely; there is no such thing as a free lunch, and we are going to have to pay for…

On Getting Lost In The Woods?

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On Can Voter Registration Combat NIMBYism?

Here it is: https://legal-planet.org/2019/04/11/cleveland-city-of-light-city-of-magic/

On Goodbye, Cleveland!

Thank you for this, Madeline! I will follow up with a post.

On Goodbye, Cleveland!

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