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Administrative and Regulatory
No Foolin’ – Community Group Files Lawsuit April 1 Claiming Sacramento General Plan Update Violates CEQA
On April 1, 2015, Citizens for Positive Growth & Preservation filed a petition for a writ of mandate in Sacramento Superior Court seeking to invalidate the City of Sacramento’s (City)…
Real Estate & Construction
Judge Rules Against Petitioner’s Lawsuit Challenging EIR for McKinley Village Infill Project
In an opinion issued April 9, 2015, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley denied a petition for a writ of mandate challenging the environmental impact report (EIR) for the McKinley…
CEQA Developments
Winners Beware – Fourth District Upholds Trial Court’s Discretion To Drastically Reduce Successful CEQA Plaintiff’s Fees In Granting CCP §1021.5 “Private Attorney General” Award
In an opinion filed March 18 and belatedly ordered published on April 13, 2015, the Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld a trial court’s discretion to award only $19,176 in…
Environmental and Climate
Fourth District Court of Appeal Publishes Case Reducing Attorney Fees Following Limited Success on CEQA Challenge
On April 13, 2015, the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District granted a request by respondent County of San Bernardino (County) and real party Al-Nur Islamic Center to…
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Recent California Court Of Appeal Regulatory Takings Opinion Should Be Published
Here's the letter request which we sent today to the California Court of Appeal, Second Division, asking the court to publish its recent opinion in Brost v. City of Santa Barbara,…
Land Use Law Blog
First Tier Functionally Equivalent CEQA Document Upheld for Adoption of Basin Plan Amendment and TMDL Standard
By Katherine J. Hart Charles Conway Jr v. State Water Resources Control Board (March 30, 2015, B252688) ___ Cal.App.4th ___. Functionally equivalent CEQA documents can be tiered in a manner…
Land Use Law Blog
2015 CEQA 1st QUARTER REVIEW
By William W. Abbott, Diane G. Kindermann, Katherine J. Hart, Glen Hansen and Brian Russell Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann’s 2015 1st Quarter CEQA update. This summary provides links to…
Land Use Law Blog
Home Team Wins In Overtime CEQA Matchup
By William W. Abbott Saltonstall v. City of Sacramento (2015) 234 Cal.App.4th 549 (Saltonstall II) The court of appeal affirms sufficiency of EIR for downtown entertainment and sports complex and concludes…
Land Use Law Blog
Appellate Court Affirms Programmatic EIR For Fish Hatchery And Stocking Program; Holds That Mitigation Measures Applicable To Private Parties Adopted By California Fish & Wildlife Must Be Adopted As Regulations
By William W. Abbott Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Fish and Wildlife (2015) 234 Cal.App.4th 214. For over 100 years, the State of California has operated fish hatcheries.…
Administrative and Regulatory
California Supreme Court Grants Review of Decision Invalidating SANDAG Regional Transportation Plan
On March 11, 2015, the California Supreme Court unanimously granted the San Diego Association of Governments’ (SANDAG) petition for review of the Fourth District Court of Appeal’s decision in Cleveland…