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Miller Starr Regalia | USA | 3 Mar 2021
Why Are CEQA Cases Published Or Not? Observations From A Look Back at 2020’s Decisions
As readers of this blog know, my endeavor since its inception with regard to judicial developments has, in general, been to cover only published CEQA…
Latham & Watkins LLP | USA | 1 Mar 2021
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Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development 2020 Year in Review…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 23 Feb 2021
California Senate Returns Its Focus to Housing in 2021-2022 Legislative Session
The new 2021-2022 California legislative session has kicked off with the Senate’s “Building Opportunities for All” housing package, its latest effort…
Miller Starr Regalia | USA | 11 Jan 2021
Proposed California Budget Would Create Housing Accountability Unit and Add New Targeted CEQA Exemptions Focused on Housing
On January 8, 2021 California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed an expansive State Budget that includes $1.75 billion to purchase additional motels…
Miller Starr Regalia | USA | 13 Dec 2020
2020 CEQA Legislative Developments
As we rapidly approach the end of a year of COVID-related challenges and uncertainties, CEQA practitioners may want to review the year’s key…
Latham & Watkins LLP | USA | 4 Dec 2020
California Legislature Cannot Limit Judicial Review of Certain Power Projects
California appeals court decision increases the potential for CEQA challenges to power plant projects under the CEC’s jurisdiction…
Miller Starr Regalia | USA | 29 Nov 2020
Remedial Legal Logic: Fifth District Doubles Down On Split with Other Districts in Holding CEQA Doesn’t Allow Limited Writ Remedy of Partial EIR Decertification - But Does It Really Matter?
“The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., The Common Law (1881) “CEQA discourse has become…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 12 Nov 2020
Significant Changes to State CEQA Filing and Noticing Requirements and Procedures
Two significant changes to California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) noticing and filing requirements and procedures recently took effect. First…
Miller Starr Regalia | USA | 11 Nov 2020
A “Fare” Shake? Ninth Circuit Affirms Judgment On the Pleadings for San Francisco In Removed Action Challenging SFMTA’s 2018 Taxi Regulations, Remands for Consideration of Whether to Grant Plaintiffs Leave to Amend CEQA Claim
On November 9, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a published opinion affirming a judgment on the pleadings…
Miller Starr Regalia | USA | 10 Nov 2020
Closing the “Golden Door”: California Supreme Court Denies Petitions for Review and Depublication Request in CEQA Administrative Record Case
On November 10, 2020, the California Supreme Court - after briefly raising Petitioners’ hopes by extending the time to consider granting review -…
