by Crag Law Center | Apr 24, 2019 | Features, Land Use News
Protecting Rural Coastal Lands from Sprawl On August 24, 2018, Crag and our client, Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, celebrated a win for rural working lands and the laws that protect coastal landscapes. In 2004, Oregonians adopted a law that rolled back...
by McKenna Ganz | Aug 6, 2015 | Features, The Way We Work
In this installment of The Way We Work, we speak with Sid Friedman from Friends of Yamhill County. Crag Law Center has been working with Friends of Yamhill County through various land use projects, a large part of our work here at Crag. Crag has had dozens of these...
by Courtney Johnson | Oct 21, 2011 | Blog, Features, Land Use News, News
Oregon’s epic battle over land use and property rights in Measure 37 and Measure 49 closed a chapter this week. Yesterday, the Oregon Supreme Court issued its decision in Friends of Yamhill County v. Board of Commissioners of Yamhill County, finding that...
by Courtney Johnson | Jun 29, 2011 | Land Use News, News
Today, the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded two more Measure 49 Vested Rights decisions out of Clatsop County. In both cases, landowners sought the right to complete and continue development of residential subdivisions pursuant to waivers obtained under Measure...
by Courtney Johnson | Jun 1, 2011 | Land Use News, News
Today, the Oregon Court of Appeals handed down another decision reversing and remanding a Measure 49 vested rights determination. Today’s opinion reversed Clatsop County’s decision finding that Beverly and Gary Aspmo had proceeded far enough with their...
