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CEQA Developments
California Supreme Court Grants Review In Controversial “People’s Park”/Student Housing CEQA Case
On May 17, 2020, the California Supreme Court granted review of the First District Court of Appeal’s controversial and much criticized published decision in Make UC a Good Neighbor v.…
CEQA Developments
No Room At the Table: Second District Upholds Denial of Intervention in CEQA/Coastal Act Litigation Where Nonparties Failed to Make “Compelling Showing of Inadequate Representation”.
In consolidated litigation challenging on CEQA and Coastal Act grounds the Coastal Commission’s amendment of a coastal development permit (CDP) to (among other new use restrictions) completely phase out off-highway…
CEQA Developments
Slapping Down An Anti-SLAPP: First District Holds Next-Door Neighbor Opponents Of Residential Renovation Project And Related CEQA Compliance In City’s Administrative Proceedings Were Properly Named As Real Parties In Interest In Project Proponent’s Subsequent Mandate Action Challenging City’s Project Denial
In a published opinion filed April 14, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 3) taught some interesting procedural lessons in a CEQA/writ of mandate case arising from the…
CEQA Developments
That Dam Case (Again): Third District Upholds Oroville Hydropower Facilities Relicensing EIR Against Numerous CEQA Challenges
By Matthew C. Henderson, Arthur F. Coon
On April 7, 2023, the Third District Court of Appeal filed a lengthy published opinion – the latest installment in one of the longer ongoing CEQA battles in recent memory…
Environment, Land & Resources
Webcast: 2022 CEQA Year in Review — Trends and Key Cases
We analyze the key CEQA cases from 2022 and how they have impacted development in California. By Marc Campopiano, Winston Stromberg, Daniel Brunton, Lauren Glaser, Kevin Homrighausen, and Natalie Rogers…
Zalma on Insurance
Convicted Fraudsters Must Make Restitution
By Barry Zalma
Insurers Must Demand & Prove Restitution Required to Make Them Whole See the full video at https://rumble.com/v2g65bc-convicted-fraudsters-must-make-restitution.html and at https://youtu.be/LbL4rIAZH6M Defendants Alfredo Ayala and Juan Luis Ayala owned farm labor…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
General Request for EIR Insufficient to Exhaust Administrative Remedies When Challenging Reliance on Categorical Exemption
Plaintiff did not exhaust administrative remedies when challenging the City’s approval of a homeowner’s development project on the ground that a Class 1 categorical exemption was inapplicable. Arcadians for Environmental…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Project with Potentially Significant Greenhouse Gas Emissions Improperly Approved Based on an EIR Addendum
The City of Irvine violated CEQA by approving a development project based on an addendum to a program EIR containing insufficient information regarding the project’s greenhouse gas emissions and by…
Land Use Law Blog
Subdivision Map Act | UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education
By William W. Abbott, Abbott & Kindermann, Inc.
Subdivision Map Act | UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education
Land Use Law Blog
Fourth Appellant District Rules the Project was Materially Changed After the Filing of the Notice of Exemption and Therefore Did Not Trigger the 35-Day Status of Limitation Period.
By Patrick L. Enright, Abbott & Kindermann, Inc.
https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/D080907.PDF In Committee to Relocate Marilyn v. City of Palm Springs (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th 607, the Fourth Appellate District addressed Palm Springs’ decision to interpret Vehicle Code section 21101 to…