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REMINDER – SAVE THE DATE!
Abbott & Kindermann’s 13th Annual Land Use, Real Estate, and Environmental Law Update Reserve your seat for one of four seminars taking place in 2014. In February 2014 Abbott &…
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Cal App Doesn’t Save The Plastic Bag
We've been following the (mostly fruitless) efforts of a group called the "Save the Plastic Bag Coalition," an association of plastic bag manufacturers and distributors, to push back against the…
Land Use Law Blog
2013 CEQA 4th QUARTER REVIEW
By William W. Abbott, Diane Kindermann, Katherine J. Hart, Glen Hansen and Brian Russell Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann’s 2013 CEQA update. It is cumulative for the year, with the…
CEQA Developments
First District “Doubts” CEQA Operates In Reverse, Upholds Mitigated Negative Declaration For Urban Infill Project Despite Soil and Groundwater Contamination In Parker Shattuck Neighbors
In an opinion recently ordered published, the First District Court of Appeal extensively reviewed the relevant case law and expressed skepticism that CEQA would operate in reverse to require analysis…
Land Use Prof Blog
California considers a shift away from “level of service” transportation analysis in CEQA environmental review
California is currently considering a shift away from the "level of service" approach to transportation analysis in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) environmental review process. Anyone who has suffered…
CEQA Developments
Judicial CEQA Reform On Supreme Court’s Docket In Coming Year?
Few would dispute that the California Supreme Court has played a leading role in judicial CEQA reform in recent years. It has clarified the law on the operation of CEQA’s…
Land Use Law Blog
2014 Court Watch
By William W. Abbott The California Supreme Court has a number of cases on its docket for consideration in 2014 that are of interest to planners, local government officials, developers…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Existing Contamination On A Development Site Does Not Necessarily Trigger Preparation Of An EIR
Proposals to redevelop infill sites can often present difficult issues relating to how the potential effects of preexisting contamination should be evaluated under CEQA. In a recently published opinion, the…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
Application for State Funds Not A “Project” Under CEQA
In City of Irvine v. County of Orange (“City of Irvine”) (published and modified on November 22, 2013), the Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s ruling that the…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
New “Potentially Feasible” Alternative Does Not Trigger Draft EIR Recirculation Unless Considered “Significant New Information”; No Findings Needed to Reject Alternative As Infeasible
By Ryan Lund
In South County Citizens for Smart Growth v. County of Nevada (3d Dist., 10/8/13 C067764) ____Cal.App.4th _____, 2013, the court of appeal rejected a claim that Nevada County violated CEQA by…