Praying For Land Use Relief

2 May 2002 - 7:00am

Local regulation of religious land uses has become the latest battlefield in California development.

There are at least seven lawsuits pending in California over government regulation of church development, proposed private schools, and the use of facilities by religious ministries... The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), approved unanimously by Congress in 2000, provides the basis for most litigation.

Source: California Planning and Development Report, April 30, 2002
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