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Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Changing Protected Status of Land Requires CEQA Compliance
By Daniel Fong
Paulek v. Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority (Anheuser-Busch, LLC, Real Party in Interest) (6/19/2015, 4th Civil No. B253935) (opn. modified on denial of rehearing, http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/E059133M.PDF.) In Paulek v. Western Riverside County Regional…
Administrative and Regulatory
Court Upholds Substantial Reduction in Attorney Fee Award Based on Limited Success of the Prevailing Party
In North County Watch v. County of San Louis Obispo, 2015 Cal. Unpub. LEXIS 4275, the Second District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s decision to award only a…
CEQA Developments
Fourth District Holds Agency’s Removal of Conservation Designation From Land Formerly Protected Under MSHCP Is “Project” Subject to CEQA; Class 7 and 8 Categorical Exemptions for Environmentally Protective Regulatory Actions Do Not Apply
In a 47-page published decision filed June 17, 2015, the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s judgment denying a writ petition, and held that Respondent Western Riverside…
CEQA Developments
Fourth District Upholds San Diego’s Balboa Park Revitalization Project Against Land Use Law And CEQA Challenges
In a published decision filed May 28, 2015, the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed that part of the trial court’s judgment granting a writ of mandate and otherwise affirmed…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Court Defers to San Diego’s Approval of Bridge in Balboa Park
By Sunny Tsou
Giving a green light to construction of a new bridge in the historic Balboa Park, a court has reaffirmed a city’s discretion to interpret and apply its own general plan…
Administrative and Regulatory
California Building Industry Assn. v. Bay Area Air Quality Management Dist., S213478. (A135335, A136212; 218 Cal.App.4th 1171; Alameda County Superior Court; RG10548693.)
Petition for Review Granted November 26, 2013 Current Status Fully briefed by the parties as of March 17, 2014. Amicus briefing complete as of May 28, 2014. Court’s Statement of…
Environmental and Climate
Court of Appeal Denies Attorney’s Fees Motion in CEQA Litigation after Contract Dispute Resulted in Revocation of Project Approvals
In Coalition for a Sustainable Yucaipa v. City of Yucaipa (2015) Cal.App.Unpub. LEXIS 4016, the Coalition for a Sustainable Yucaipa (Coalition) challenged the City of Yucaipa’s (Yucaipa’s) approval of the…
Government and Public Policy
A Project under CEQA is the Whole of the Action Proposed
In Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority v. City of Whittier 2015 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 3859, the Second District Court of Appeal reiterated that a “project” under the California Environmental…
Environmental and Climate
Addendum to Environmental Impact Report Sufficient to Outline Changes in Project’s Proposed Water Sources
Pala Band of Mission Indians v. County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health (2015) Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 3815, California’s Fourth Appellate District affirmed the trial court’s judgment upholding the…
Land Use Law Blog
Buyer Beware: Project Conditions Of Approval Run With The Land
By William W. Abbott City of Berkeley v. 1080 Delaware, LLC (2015) 234 Cal.App.4th 1144. As the real estate market gathers steam post-recession, many development projects involve project approvals obtained…