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.
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:
Plan Bay Area: ABAG and MTC Publish Draft EIR
The Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission today released the Draft Environmental Impact Report on their "Plan Bay Area," a long-range regional planning document proposed to better align future land use planning with the Bay Area's transportation infrastructure.
County Biosolids Ban Halted
New Significance Standard for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Is Not New Information Triggering Supplemental CEQA Review
NPDES Permit Not Required for Stormwater Discharges from Logging Roads, Supreme Court Rules
Supreme Court Agrees To Review Ninth Circuit NEPA Decision
Use it or Lose it? Not in the Case of an Easement Acquired by Deed.
Federal Agency May Adopt Project that Combines Elements from Several Alternatives Studied in an Environmental Impact Statement
Definition of “Agency Action” under the Endangered Species Act to be Reheard by Ninth Circuit
California Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Under California Endangered Species Act
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CEQ Issues Handbooks on Coordinating NEPA Review with Review Under CEQA and Review Under the Historic Preservation Act
On March 5, 2013, the Council on Environmental Quality released a handbook intended to help agencies and practitioners coordinate environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act with overlapping review requirements under the California Environmental Quality Act. It also released a separate handbook on coordination of review under NEPA and the&nbs
New Opinion, Same Result - Project Objectives Are Upheld Under CEQA, But Alternatives Analysis Is Invalid
In 2008, the City of Santa Cruz and the University of California settled litigation challenging the University's long-term development plan for expanding the UC Santa Cruz campus. A key provision of the settlement agreement required the city to seek approvals from the Local Agency Formation Commission for providing water and sewer service to the part of the planned campus expans