Litigation:

A Tale of Two Counties

Shaw vs. County of Santa Cruz

This case involves private property and a vision. That vision belongs to plaintiffs and appellants Michael Shaw and Joanne Shaw and JM Management Company, and it involves their intention to transform 74 acres of property overgrown with poison oak and other noxious, invasive foreign plants into a vibrant community of homes within a thriving native plant environment.

Read About the Litigation Between Shaw and Santa Cruz County. . .

Lockaway Storage vs. Alameda County

The Section Relating to Lockaway Storage is Currently Under Construction

Lockaway Storage specializes in developing and improving self-storage facilities. In 2000, Lockaway purchased an eight-acre parcel of land in Castro Valley which came with an existing conditional use permit for the construction of a storage facility. After Lockaway purchased the parcel, Measure D was adopted, thereby precluding all development outside the urban growth line where Lockaway’s property was located.