Problem
What legal principles/public policy issues are involved in the conflict between recent California state laws and local authority over ADU construction? To answer this Question fully, you must (i) identify and briefly discuss the basic legal principles and/or public policy concerns underlying local government challenges to state ADU law; AND (ii) identify and briefly discuss the basic legal principles and/or public policy concerns underlying property owners' reliance on state law in contesting local government denials of ADU construction.