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Fifth Appellate District Rejects CEQA and General Plan Consistency Challenges to Modesto Commercial Development
The City of Modesto and Downey Brand client Berberian Holdings, L.P. (“Berberian”), have prevailed in a legal challenge to a commercial development project proposed by Berberian. On June 7, the…
Environmental and Climate
Court of Appeal Rejects Use of Categorical Exemption, Muddies the Waters on Standard of Review for Exceptions
The Fourth District has waded into the world of CEQA exemptions, holding that the City of Palm Springs improperly relied upon the Class 5 categorical exemption for “minor alterations in…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Ordinance Prohibiting Mobile Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Was Not a “Project” Under CEQA
A California Court of Appeal has held that a city ordinance prohibiting mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within city boundaries did not constitute a “project” under the California Environmental Quality Act. …
CEQA Developments
Home(s) In The “Range”: Fourth District Overturns CEQA Exemption For City of Palm Springs’ General Plan Amendment Removing Minimum Residential Density Requirements
In a brief – and somewhat odd – opinion filed April 22, and belatedly ordered partially published on May 20, 2016, the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a trial…
CEQA Developments
Fourth District Upholds EIR For Cadiz Mojave Desert Groundwater Pumping Project Against Various CEQA Challenges
In the second of two published opinions filed May 10, 2016, the Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment upholding the lead agency designation and EIR for…
CEQA Developments
The Plot Thickens: California Supreme Court Vacates Submission Of Just-Argued CEQA Subsequent Review Case, Orders Supplemental Briefing
In orders issued May 11, 2016, one week after the May 4 oral argument and submission of the cause for decision, the California Supreme Court vacated the submission and ordered…
CEQA Developments
Fourth District Rejects CEQA Challenges To Large Mojave Desert Groundwater Pumping Project In Separate Published Opinions
In two opinions filed May 10, 2016 (one partially and the other fully published), the Fourth District Court of Appeal rejected a number of CEQA and other challenges to a…
Environmental and Climate
Thomas Law Group Associates Present “CEQA Streamlining” to Association of Environmental Professionals at May 2016 Program
Thomas Law Group Associates Chris Butcher and Ashle Crocker will host a special presentation on CEQA Streamlining at the Superior California Chapter of the Association of Environmental Professionals May 2016 Program on…
CEQA Developments
Supreme Court Set To Hear Important CEQA Subsequent Review Case
On May 4, 2016, at 9 a.m. in its San Francisco courtroom, the California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in yet another of the many significant CEQA cases it…
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Georgia law; CEQA; Brexit answers: New Blogs to the LexBlog Network
Well that caps another busy week, and (if you've been keeping an eye on Seattle weather) a warm one too. We're facing a rainy weekend, but after 90 degree heat…