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CEQA Developments
CEQA School In Session: First District Reverses Judgment Invalidating EIR for Desalination Plant Project In North Coast Rivers Alliance
In a lengthy published opinion filed May 21, 2013, the First District Court of Appeal reversed a judgment granting a writ of mandate and upheld as legally adequate under CEQA…
Environmental and Climate
CEQA Document Adoption is a Distinct “Item of Business” to be Listed on Agency Meeting Agenda
The Merced County Planning Commission (the Commission) posted an agenda for an upcoming meeting that set forth, as one item of business, the Commission’s potential approval of a subdivision application…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Legislature Winnows CEQA Bills
By Julie Jones
Out of 26 CEQA bills introduced early this year, eight have met the Legislature’s May 31 deadline to move from the state Senate to the Assembly or vice versa, and…
Land Use Law Blog
EIR For Desalination Plant Upheld
By Katherine J. Hart The Marin Municipal Water District (District) proposed to construct a desalination plant in Marin County, and certified an environmental impact report (EIR) for the project. The…
CEQA Developments
The Direction of CEQA “Reform” Under Proposed SB 731: One Step Up and Three Steps Back?
There has been a lot of buzz around proposed SB 731, which is working its way through the State Legislature and will be heard Monday, May 20, in the Senate…
Land Use Law Blog
Court Gives Failing Grade For School Bond Expenditure For Field Lights; Returns Neg Dec. As Incomplete
By William W. Abbott Taxpayers for Accountable School Bond Spending v. San Diego Unified School District (April 25, 2013, D060999) ___ Cal.App.4th ___. The voters within the San Diego Unified…
Environmental and Climate
Is a future baseline the baseline of the future? Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Neighbors for Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority
In Neighbors for Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority (2012) 205 Cal.App.4th 552 (Smart Rail), the Second Appellate District upheld the lead agency’s determination that a future 2030…
CEQA Developments
Towards Not Reinventing The CEQA Wheel: Resources Agency Adopts New CEQA Guidelines For Streamlined Review of Urban Infill Development
Repetitive CEQA review and analysis is expensive, unnecessary, unproductive, and inimical to the goals of certainty and finality in the environmental review process. In 2011, to address these concerns in…
Land Use Law Blog
NEW CLASS – Proactive Land Use Entitlement Strategies For Raw Land And Updates To Existing Entitlements
Join William Abbott and Kate Hart of Abbott & Kindermann in a new class which ties together best practices for land development projects. This is an advanced class aimed primarily…
Administrative and Regulatory
A Dark Day for Hoover High School – Court Finds Mitigated Negative Declaration for Stadium Improvements Inadequate
In a decision that was ordered published on April 25, 2013, Taxpayers for Accountable School Bond Spending v. San Diego Unified School District (March 26, 2013) 2013 Cal.App.LEXIS 324, the…