Amy Fontinelle

PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION Certificate of Need Laws Are Associated with Worse Access to Emergency Care 1 TIMELY ACCESS TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE IS A key determinant of health outcomes following acute…

Guidance is not supposed to carry the force of law and should not be binding on the public. However, agencies frequently use this tool to change policy and to impose new requirements on private parties.

The California Coastal Commission is a quasijudicial agency with enforcement power, but it has received criticism for its opaque decision-making process, its antidevelopment motivations, and its imposition of large civil penalties.

A century-old question has recently resurfaced as a major controversy: How much detail must Congress provide to agencies when it delegates power? By Reeve Bull

This research in brief shows how exactions grew and increased home construction costs over a 16-year period. It provides a history of exactions, showing how they have frequently moved away from their original impact-mitigation purpose.

This research in brief explores the California Coastal Commission’s expanding role in regulating land use within the coastal zone through its permit appeals process.

Economists and researchers increasingly agree that the housing crisis stems from a lack of new construction. Without addressing this issue, housing prices will continue to strain finances and limit opportunity for Americans across the United States.

This research in brief examines how the federal government’s definition and regulation of “WOTUS” has changed over the past several decades, creating regulatory uncertainty for property owners.

Americans accused of breaking the law often do not receive the impartial justice they expect.

Public Service Denied How Discriminatory Mandates Prevent Qualified Individuals from Serving on Public Boards October 2023 Laura D Agostino Attorney Angela C Erickson Strategic Research Director…

Private industry controls the majority of seats on most occupational licensing boards across the United States. These active market participants can easily outvote any public members on the board, who are essentially powerless.

This report explores how the Massachusetts tax foreclosure law operates; explains why it commonly results in unconstitutional home equity theft; and identifies the winners and losers in this unjust system.

In 2010, a young man started a business that the government threatened to shutter—not because it threatened public health or safety, but because it threatened his competitors. Welcome to the upside-down world of certificate of need laws.

Permanent career staff in regulatory agencies have important jobs, but they are not democratically accountable to the people. They shouldn’t be issuing regulatory law that governs us. Their rules simply aren’t valid.