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USA - April 30 2013
Many interest groups have urged that the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") needs to be "modernized", but disagree as to the changes that…
USA - April 19 2012
Earlier this week, the Second District Court of Appeal in California issued its final opinion in Neighbors for Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority, et al., a closely watched case involving a California Environmental Quality Act challenge to Phase 2 of the Expo rail line planned to bring commuters from Culver City to Santa Monica.
USA - March 14 2012
In a potentially major development for real estate and infrastructure projects across the state, the California Court of Appeal for the Second District is poised to clash with the Sixth and Fifth Districts over how lead agencies are supposed to analyze potential traffic impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
USA - February 24 2012
In a recent decision with potentially broad implications for home builders and developers, the California Court of Appeal narrowed the ability of projects requiring discretionary approvals to obtain a categorical exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
USA - September 20 2011
Recognizing the role the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) often plays in hindering jobs-creating real estate development and energy infrastructure projects, a broad coalition of business leaders and labor leaders worked hard this year to advocate for meaningful CEQA reform that would reduce CEQA-created project delays, development costs, and often frivolous litigation that threatens much-needed economic activity.
