Topic
Historic Preservation
285 published works
CEQA Developments
Fourth District Voids Laguna Beach’s Negative Declaration and Historic Resources Element Amendment, Holds CEQA Required EIR or MND Due to Amendment’s Blanket Removal of Protections for Presumptive Historic Resources Listed In 1981 Local Inventory
In an opinion filed on August 31, and later ordered published on September 22, 2026, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. 3) reversed the judgment of the Orange County…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Modernizes NEPA Environmental Regulations
The FCC adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), adopting a series of permitting reforms that aim to modernize the agency’s approach to National Environmental…
Althouse
"'Every day, another church is sold,' said Lilian Grootswagers-Theuns, the president of the advisory board for Future for Religious Heritage…. 'This is happening everywhere in Europe…'"
By Ann Althouse
"'... in Germany, Sweden, Spain and Italy. It’s already going very fast,' she said. 'But now we’re going fast-forward. Now, there’s a tsunami coming.' Churches, once central to European cultural…
Turtle Talk
NHPA Section 106 Update: Tribes and Others Can Request Meetings with the OMB’s OIRA Now
Last Friday we posted on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s move to weaken Section 106’s consultation requirements. We emphasized that the proposed rule, which hasn’t yet been published in…
Davis Graham
ACHP Draft Rule Would Rewrite the Playbook for NHPA Section 106 Review: What the Leaked Draft Says & What Comes Next
On July 24, 2026, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (“ACHP”) voted to advance a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) that would make sweeping amendments to its regulations implementing…
JURIST
Trump asks Supreme Court to clear way for White House ballroom
By Publisher
The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to pause an order that would halt above-ground construction of a White House ballroom, arguing that the project is authorized…
Turtle Talk
ACHP Moving to Dramatically Weaken Section 106 Tribal Consultation
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation voted 16–5 on July 24 to advance a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would substantially rewrite 36 C.F.R. Part 800, which implements Section 106…
Simple Justice
Without Standing, Who Stops The Damage?
At Volokh Conspiracy, Jon Adler makes a good, and deeply disturbing point. If the Supreme Court does intervene, either on the interim docket or after argument, this case might present…
Law of the Land
MO Appeals Court Affirms Reversal of Preservation Board’s Denial of Roofing Variance
This post was authored by Sebastian Perez, Esq. The City of St. Louis (the “City”), the City of St. Louis Preservation Board (the “Board”), and its individual members (collectively “Appellants”)…
Law of the Land
MO Appeals Court Affirms Reversal of Preservation Board’s Denial of Roofing Variance
This post was authored by Sebastian Perez, Esq. The City of St. Louis (the “City”), the City of St. Louis Preservation Board (the “Board”), and its individual members (collectively “Appellants”)…