California Land Use & Development Law Report
California Land Use & Development Law Report
California Land Use & Development Law Report offers insights into legal issues relating to development and use of land and federal, state and local permitting and approval processes.
Tentative Map Life Extended Again for Two Years
Large Solar Energy Project Survives Williamson Act And CEQA Challenge
The Sixth District Court of Appeal has given a boost to utility-scale solar projects by rejecting the types of Williamson Act and CEQA challenges that are often brought against those projects. Save Panoche Valley v.
Judicial Review of Environmental Impact Reports: Is There Really A Need for CEQA Reform?
Every few years, with El Nino-like regularity, a wave of interest in CEQA reform sweeps through the business community, accompanied by pleas to the legislature to overhaul the statute. In the end, few substantive changes are made. This year is no exception. (See June 14th post).
U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Monetary Exactions are Subject to Nexus and Rough Proportionality Requirements
CEQA and Land Use Bills -- An Update
- Aesthetic Impacts in Transit Priority Areas Not Significant.
Under the Brown Act, a Planning Commission’s Adoption of a CEQA Document is a Distinct Item of Business that Must be Expressly Disclosed on the Agenda
The Ralph M.
Legislature Winnows CEQA Bills
Out of 26 CEQA bills introduced early this year, eight have met the Legislature's May 31 deadline to move from the state Senate to the Assembly or vice versa, and therefore are still considered viable. (For more details, and an update on these bills, see our June 14 post). For the most part, these bills w
California Cities and Counties Can “Just Say No” to Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
D.C. Circuit Upholds Broad EPA Veto Power Over Wetlands Permits
Federal Agencies Cannot Use Consent Decrees To Adopt Stricter Regulatory Requirements, According to Ninth Circuit
CEQA Modernization? Not really.
Stadium Expansion Project Required EIR Based on Traffic and Parking Impacts
Fracking in California? Not so fast, says federal court
If J.R. Wants Your Property, He Can Take It, Even if You’re a Public Benefit Corporation.
Water Pollution From Utility Poles Doesn't Violate Federal Pollution Control Laws, According to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Is rain water washing over utility poles and carrying wood preservatives into waterways the kind of pollution that violates the Clean Water Act or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act?
No, according to a recent decision by the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: