By J. Graber | Scottsdale Independent Scottsdale’s proposed new state-mandated ordinance designed to create more affordable housing in the city will only likely yield about 126 new apartments. After several public hearings on the matter, the city’s planning commission voted 6-1 during its Oct. 23 meeting to recommend the law to the city council for final approval sometime in November. …
Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin allocates board funding to Mesa splash pad improvements
Phoenix, Ariz. (October 23, 2024) – Led by Vice Chairman Thomas Galvin, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has voted in favor of investing $108,000 of Community Solutions Funding into splash pad improvements at A New Leaf’s La Mesita Apartments for low-income individuals and families. La Mesita houses approximately 500 individuals each year who are struggling with housing insecurity, and nearly half are children and youth. “A New Leaf is a fantastic nonprofit …
ADWR proposes new method to provide water security for homes
The Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) is creating a new method for securing a 100-year assured water supply for new subdivisions. To build a new subdivision in Arizona, and even to sell a single home in that subdivision, a landowner or water provider must demonstrate that water can be provided to those homes for 100 years. Initially passed in the …
Monday Morning Commute: Ask traffic engineer Paul Basha… What is the difference between roundabouts and traffic circles?
The Western Spirit Museum of the West at Marshall and Main By Paul Basha, Summit Land Management Traffic Engineer Roundabouts are larger, traffic circles are smaller. Once upon a time, there was minimal difference between roundabouts and traffic circles. As designs have advanced in the past 10 to 20 years, there are dramatic design differences between roundabouts and traffic circles. …
I’m way too young for estate planning. Or am I? George Finn, Rose Law Group senior transactional and estate planning attorney, has the answers
By Julia Carpenter | Wall Street Journal Everyone in my family knows about my mother’s big blue binder. I jokingly refer to it as her “Book of Life.” The binder includes physical copies of important documents, directives for next of kin and information on various accounts, passwords and assets—all the paper makings of an estate plan. For years, I thought …
Mayor McFarland looks ahead to new leadership role with Pinal Partnership; Jordan Rose, the organization’s chairperson and Rose Law Group’s founder & president, weighs in
By Jodie Newell | Pinal Central CASA GRANDE — With only several weeks left of an eight-year tenure as Casa Grande mayor, Craig McFarland will remain active in the Pinal County community after being named as the new president and CEO of Pinal Partnership. Come January McFarland replaces Tony Smith, who is retiring after several years of service. McFarland said the …
New school building in Paradise Valley receives construction permit as Rose Law Group Founder and President Jordan Rose provides details about the project
Photo courtesy of ADM Group By Janet Perez | YourValley The Paradise Valley Planning Commission has approved a minor special use permit amendment that will allow Phoenix Country Day School to construct a new music building. The commission approved the request at its Tuesday, Oct. 15, meeting in a 6-0 vote. Commission Chair Karen Liepmann was absent from the meeting. The new music building will be in the same area as the old building near the western …
Paul Coble, chair of Rose Law Group’s AI, intellectual property, and technology law department, comments on: Signs of perpetuating historic biases emerge as AI takes the helm of decision making
By Paige Gross | AZ Mirror In a recent study evaluating how chatbots make loan suggestions for mortgage applications, researchers at Pennsylvania’s Lehigh University found something stark: there was clear racial bias at play. With 6,000 sample loan applications based on data from the 2022 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the chatbots recommended denials for more Black applicants than identical white counterparts. They …
Mines say they’re striving to reduce need for groundwater
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Arizona Sonoran Copper Company and Resolution Copper.) By Pinal Central Arizona has long been proud of its copper, although mines claim a hefty share of precious groundwater. A study conducted for the San Carlos Apache Tribe three years ago estimated Resolution Copper next to Superior will use 250 billion gallons of water over the course of the …