Neill E. Brower
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
Articles
County of San Diego’s Latest Effort to Adopt an Adequate Climate Action Plan Fails
USA - June 17 2020 On June 12th, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, filed its decision in Golden Door Properties LLC v. County of San Diego, __ Cal.App…
State agencies cannot use state budgetary uncertainties to escape mitigation obligations under CEQA
USA - August 5 2015 The California Supreme court determined the California State University ("CSU") could not rely solely on earmarked appropriations from the State…
Developers of single- and multi-family density bonus projects should submit their applications now
USA - December 5 2014 On January 1, 2015, California Assembly Bill 2222 (Nazarian) goes into effect and modifies the State's Density Bonus Law by establishing significant…
California Supreme Court to local agencies: hypothetical future baselines in CEQA are not per se improper in all cases, but likely are improper in the vast majority
USA - August 5 2013 An August 5, 2013, the California Supreme Court provided some additional flexibility to local agencies in deciding what conditions properly…
CEQA: Sunnyvale Court affirms use of multiple baseline scenarios in EIRs
USA - November 23 2011 A recent court decision upheld the use of multiple scenarios in a traffic analysis in an environmental impact report ("EIR") for a redevelopment project.
