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Land Use Law Blog
2014 CEQA ANNUAL REVIEW
By William W. Abbott, Diane Kindermann, Katherine J. Hart, Glen Hansen and Brian Russell Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann’s 2014 Annual CEQA update, cumulative for the year. The 4th quarter…
Land Use Law Blog
County’s Approval of 100 Year Mining Project and EIR Upheld by Fifth DCA
By Katherine J. Hart Friends of the Kings River v. County of Fresno (2014) 232 Cal.App.4th 105. In the most recent CEQA case out of California’s Fifth Appellate District, the…
Administrative and Regulatory
Court Upholds Agency Discretion to Issue a Timber Plan in Accordance with Statutory Requirements
In Center for Biological Diversity v. California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, 2014 Cal. App. LEXIS 1181, the First District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s decision to…
Real Estate & Construction
Court Orders Supplemental EIR for Ventura County Medical Center Building Due to 15 Foot Increase in Building Height
In Ventura Foothill Neighbors v. County of Ventura (2014) 232 Cal.App.4th 429, the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District affirmed the trial court’s decision requiring Ventura County (the…
CEQA Developments
SANDAG Seeks Review of CEQA Decision Invalidating EIR for Its Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy
On January 6, 2015, the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) filed a petition asking the California Supreme Court to review the decision in Cleveland National Forest Foundation, et al.…
Land Use Law Blog
Make No Grand (General) Plans
By William W. Abbott Sierra Club v. County of San Diego (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 1152. As with many cities and counties updating their general plans, the County of San Diego…
Land Use Law Blog
Objector’s Questioning Of Project Sufficient To Meet The Standing Requirement To Bring a CEQA Claim. Separating Out A Portion of the Original Project For Separate Environmental Review Did Not Result In Impermissible Project Splitting.
By William W. Abbott Paulek v. Department of Water Resources (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 35. It is a subtle shade of grey which separates a generalized comment on a project from…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
California Supreme Court Poised To Decide Key CEQA Questions: The Court’s Lineup For 2015
By Stephen Kostka, Geoffrey Robinson
The California Supreme Court’s involvement in CEQA cases has been relatively limited since the statute’s enactment in 1970, with the court taking review of at most one or two appellate…
Environmental and Climate
Appellate Court Denies Writ Challenging EIR for Expansion of Marin County Landfill
In an unpublished opinion in No Wetlands Landfill Expansion v. County of Marin, 2014 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 8866, the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District denied…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
City of Los Angeles Outsources Defense of CEQA/Land Use Lawsuits To Private Law Firms – Developers To Foot The Bill
By Jack Rubens
On December 16, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously authorized the City Attorney to establish a Land Use/CEQA Panel, which will consist of five municipal law firms, to defend the…