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Frost Brown Todd LLP | USA | 16 Oct 2023
New California Bill Bars Local Agencies from Rejecting Urban Housing Projects by Refusing to Certify a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Compliant Document
On October 7, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1633, the Housing Accountability Act: disapprovals: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 27 Jul 2023
California Court Holds Proposed Ballot Measure Excluding Community Plan Area from Height Limit Is Not a “Later Activity” For Purposes of a Within-the-Scope Analysis
In late June, California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld a Superior Court decision in Save Our Access v. City of San Diego, providing…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 12 Jul 2023
Commercial Cannabis Permit Program and Overlay District Statutorily Exempt Under CEQA Guideline Section 15183
On June 13, 2023, the Second Appellate District affirmed the City of Pomona’s use of a statutory exemption for its Commercial Cannabis Overlay Permit…
Mintz | USA | 19 Jun 2023
Newsom's package of bills to advance environmental goals alarms environmentalists (ironic, isn't it?)
Last month, Governor Newsom attempted to turbocharge California's efforts to combat climate change: he proposed a package of no less than eleven…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 8 Jun 2023
CEQA Reforms for Clean Energy Projects: Still Possible Despite Senate Budget Committee Rejection?
On May 19, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a legislative package of 10 bills reforming the California Environmental Quality Act…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 19 Apr 2023
California City Flouts Housing Laws, Inviting State Scrutiny
Last week the Office of the Attorney General demonstrated the State of California’s unwillingness to cede its enforcement of state housing laws even…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 10 Mar 2023
Momentum for Streamlining and Subsidizing Office-to-Residential Conversion Projects Builds in Sacramento and San Francisco
As cities across California grapple with an ongoing housing crisis and stubbornly high office vacancy rates, policymakers at the state and local…
Frost Brown Todd LLP | USA | 8 Mar 2023
California Appeals Court Finds in Favor of State Water Board in Dispute Over Wastewater Use
The Second District Court of Appeal ruled that California’s State Water Resources Control Board does not have a mandatory duty to enforce the…
Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo | USA | 7 Mar 2023
California Court of Appeal Holds Reasonable Use Finding Not Required for Wastewater Discharge Permits
The Second District of the California Court of Appeal released on Monday its opinion for the case of Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. State Water Resources…
Miller Starr Regalia | USA | 21 Feb 2023
Fourth District Holds Addendum To 2010 Program EIR For Irvine Business Complex Vision Plan Violated CEQA Because Conclusion That Large Infill Project’s GHG Emissions Would Be Less Than Significant Lacked Substantial Evidence And Project Was Not Exempt
In a published opinion filed February 6, 2023, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. 3) affirmed a judgment setting aside an addendum to a 2010…
