PILP attorneys Craig Castellanet and Michael Rawson and their co-counsel at Public Law Center and Jones Day received 2017 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year awards for their work in The Kennedy Commission v. City of Huntington Beach.The City had adopted a downtown specific plan providing high density to multifamily sites to meet the City’s lower income housing needs identified in its housing element.  But, when a new city council took over, the City illegally amended the specific plan to eliminate the zoning.  Representing the Kennedy Commission and low income Veterans, the litigation won a ruling declaring the specific plan amendments void when adopted.The City is appealing the Court's decision and has reportedly refused to comply with the orders.Read more about the case and the other 2017 CLAY award honorees here.