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CEQA Developments
Failure to Pursue and Exhaust Administrative Appeal Remedy Results In Forfeiture of CEQA Challenge To Categorical Exemption Despite Lower Body’s Defective Hearing Notice
In a published opinion filed on February 1, 2021, in an action arising from plaintiffs/appellants’ (“plaintiffs”) “potpourri” of unsuccessful legal challenges to the City of San Francisco’s decision to remove…
Land Use Law Blog
2021 CEQA 1st QUARTER REVIEW
By Abbott & Kindermann, Inc., William W. Abbott, Diane G. Kindermann, Glen C. Hansen
Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann’s 2021 1st Quarter cumulative CEQA update. This summary provides links to more in-depth case write-ups on the firm’s blog. The case names of the newest…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Court In CEQA Case Applies the Deferential Standard in the Planning and Zoning Law When Determining Whether the Project Is Inconsistent with the Applicable General Plan
By Julie Jones
Petitioner could not avoid the deferential standard of review under the Planning and Zoning Law regarding an agency's interpretation of its own general plan by framing the challenge as an…
CEQA Developments
Miller Starr Attorney To Present On CEQA Developments At Upcoming Water Law Conference
I’m very pleased to report that my colleague Travis Brooks will be speaking on CEQA issues and recent developments online at the 35th annual California Water Law & Policy Conference,…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Case Properly Dismissed for Failure to Join Real Party in Interest Even Though Agency Did Not Provide Plaintiff with Corrected Notice of Determination
The court of appeal affirmed the trial court judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s CEQA action on grounds that the plaintiff failed to join an indispensable real party in interest within thirty…
Unfamiliar Terrain
What 2020 Land Use Cases Taught (Or Reminded) Us About Litigation Basics
By Skye Langs
Last year brought the legal profession many things that we never expected, like trials conducted by Zoom and virtual happy hours, just to name a few. But it also brought…
CEQA Developments
Why Are CEQA Cases Published Or Not? Observations From A Look Back at 2020’s Decisions
As readers of this blog know, my endeavor since its inception with regard to judicial developments has, in general, been to cover only published CEQA cases. I have two simple…
Environmental and Climate
Second District Court of Appeal Upholds $750,000 in Attorney Fees and Costs Following Partial CEQA Victory
In Bldg. A Better Redondo v. City of Redondo Beach (2021) 2021 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1038, the Second District Court of Appeal upheld an $80,000 costs and $683,000 attorney…
CEQA Chronicles
Second District Court of Appeal Upholds $750,000 in Attorney Fees and Costs Following Partial CEQA Victory
In Bldg. A Better Redondo v. City of Redondo Beach (2021) 2021 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1038, the Second District Court of Appeal upheld an $80,000 costs and $683,000 attorney…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies by Appealing a CEQA Determination as Provided by Agency Regulations Precludes Later CEQA Suit
By Perkins Coie
Plaintiffs failed to exhaust administrative remedies because they did not appeal the challenged CEQA decision by the Historic Preservation Commission to the Board of Supervisors. Schmid v. City and County…