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Court of Appeal Views Appellants’ Failure to Present and Discredit Evidence favorable to the Agency as a Concession that Substantial Evidence Does In Fact Support Agency
In an unpublished decision, El Pueblo Para El Aire Y Agua Limpio v. Kings County Board of Supervisors, 2012 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 4984, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice…
CEQA Developments
First District Reaffirms CEQA Is Concerned With Physical Impacts On The Environment, Not Economic Ones On Government Services
The First Appellate District recently ordered partially published its opinion in City of Hayward v. Board of Trustees of the California State University (2012) __ Cal.App.4th __, 2012 WL 2832858…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Impacts On Required Public Services Not An Environmental Impact; No Mitigation Required
City of Hayward et al. v. Board of Trustees of the California State University, A131412, A132424 (Cal. Ct. App., May 30, 2012) (certified for publication June 28, 2012). By Deborah…
Environmental and Climate
Newly Published Appellate Decision Holds Analysis of Parkland Impacts for Campus Master Plan Fails to Comply with CEQA
The City of Hayward v. Board of Trustees of the California State University, 2012 Cal. App. LEXIS 761, publication status was recently changed from unpublished to published on June 28,…
Land Use Law Blog
Court Says No Second Servings in CEQA Case
By William W. Abbott Neighborhood activists organized to defeat the proposed demolition of the Van De Kamp Bakery Building for the construction of a new commercial building. With the support…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
CEQA and EIR Adequacy: The Latest Words on Public Services Impacts and Adaptive Mitigation Programs
Two important, recurring CEQA questions are answered by a recent court of appeal decision in a case involving the EIR for a California State University campus master plan: whether CEQA requires funding…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Parties Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies Before Challenging Even A CEQA Exemption
Tomlinson v. County of Alameda et al., S188161 (Supreme Court, June 14, 2012) By Jeffrey Forrest and Whitney Hodges The California Supreme Court recently reinforced the CEQA requirement that a party must exhaust…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
New South Coast Air District Rules Withstand Manufacturer’s Second CEQA Challenge
By Julie Jones
A court of appeal has upheld the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s second attempt to adopt a rule imposing strict limits on paint thinners and solvents. The court rejected…
CEQA Developments
Supreme Court Holds CEQA’s Exhaustion Requirement Applies To Categorical Exemption Challenges
In a common-sense resolution of a conflict on the issue in the courts of appeal, the California Supreme Court held in a June 14, 2012 decision that Public Resources Code…
Land Use Law Blog
Supreme Court Says Exhaustion Requirement Applies in CEQA Exemption Suit
California Supreme Court upholds requirement for Plaintiffs to exhaust all administrative remedies in CEQA exemption suits if a public hearing is held.