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.
August 6, 2011
California Supreme Court Applies "Common Sense" to Plastic Bag Ban
The California Supreme Court has held that simple common sense -- "an important consideration at all levels of CEQA review" -- indicated that the City of Manhattan Beach and its retail sector were too small for the City's ban on plastic bags to cause any significant environmental impact or make any significant cumulative contribution to similar bans in other jurisdictions. Because c