New Harvest Christian Fellowship v. City of Salinas

A city may exclude churches from downtown areas or impose unequal land use restrictions on churches compared to secular assembly uses.

ReligiousLiberty.TV
February 26, 2026
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Year: 2020 Court: U.S. District Court
Holding: A city may exclude churches from downtown areas or impose unequal land use restrictions on churches compared to secular assembly uses.
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New Harvest Christian Fellowship v. City of Salinas is a Free Exercise case decided by the U.S. District Court in 2020. The court held that a city may exclude churches from downtown areas or impose unequal land use restrictions on churches compared to secular assembly uses.