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Environment, Land & Resources
California’s Planned Greenhouse Gas Market on Hold for Now, but Other Measures to Proceed
By Robert A. Wyman, Jr., Daniel V. Van Fleet, and Aron Potash California’s proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) cap and trade program suffered an expected setback on May 20 when a…
Environment, Land & Resources
New CEQA Mediation Rules May Create More Delay and Confusion Starting July 1
By James L. Arnone, Damon P. Mamalakis, and Winston P. Stromberg In just six weeks, on July 1, 2011, troubling new rules will go into effect governing the mediation of disputes arising…
Land Use Law Blog
CEQA Remedies for CEQA Sins
The Fifth Appellate District rules that CEQA's severance provision does not allow a trial court to leave a project approval in place once the trial court finds an error in…
Land Use Law Blog
The Normal Rules Don’t Apply When it Comes to Affordable Housing Projects
By Cori Badgley After a challenge based on the density bonus law and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a mixed-use affordable housing or senior affordable housing project (depending on…
Land Use Law Blog
AB 32 Scoping Plan Enjoined
San Francisco Superior Court enjoined the implementation of the Air Resources Board's Climate Change Scoping Plan, finding the alternatives analysis and public review process violated both CEQA and the Air…
Environment, Land & Resources
Woodward Park case holds CEQA contains no presumption that solar panels are necessary for development project with air quality impacts
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires government agencies in California to analyze and, when feasible, mitigate the environmental impacts of projects before approving them. In Woodward Park Homeowners Association…
Mineral Law
CEQA, Mining and Vested Rights. Looking Back on the California Supreme Court’s Decision in Communities for a Better Environment v. South Coast Air Quality Management District.
By Tom Henry
One year ago the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Communities for a Better Environment v. South Coast Air Quality Management District (2010) 48 Cal. 4th 310. Since our…
Land Use Law Blog
General Plan Goal of Creating Employment Opportunities Insufficient Basis to Thwart Church Rezoning Request
By William W. Abbott The "Faith" Fellowship Foursquare Church (“Church”) is a church active in the City of San Leandro, but as its membership grew with the passage of time,…
Mineral Law
Small Steps in the Right Direction – Two New Laws Aim to Start Fixing Problems with CEQA
By Mike Mills
On September 30, 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law two bills, AB 231 and SB 1456, both of which took effect immediately as urgency statutes. Both laws address two…
Land Use Law Blog
Project to Remedy Traffic Congestion not Exempt from Analysis of Current Baseline Conditions
By Kate J. Hart The most recent California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) case on selecting a project baseline is Sunnyvale West Neighborhood Assn., et al. v. City of Sunnyvale City…