Redevelopment opinion filing tomorrow, ahead of schedule

The Supreme Court announced it will file its opinion tomorrow in California Redevelopment Association v. Matosantos, the case that will decide the fate of the state’s redevelopment agencies. The court is early: when the court agreed in August to hear the redevelopment writ petition, it said that the expedited briefing schedule it then set was “designed to facilitate oral argument as early as possible in 2011, and a decision before January 15, 2012.” The case was argued seven weeks ago.