https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/29/win-for-yimbys-court-rules-los-altos-housing-development-may-proceed/

In a victory for pro-development activists that may impact housing built throughout the state, a Superior Court judge has ruled that a stalled residential and office development in Los Altos must be allowed to go forward.

The decision stems from a lawsuit filed in July by the YIMBY-backed California Renters Legal Advocacy & Education Fund, otherwise known as CaRLA. The group sued the city of Los Altos after officials there rejected a developer’s bid to expedite a project of 15 apartments — including two low-income units — plus ground-floor office space on Main Street. The developer proposed the project under Senate Bill 35, which went into effect in 2018, and forces cities to approve certain residential and mixed-use projects quickly.