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News You Can Use Digest – September 23, 2022

23 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor

Spending in election cycles by corporations and the ultrawealthy through so-called dark money groups has skyrocketed since the 2010 Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. [read post]

Lobby Comply Blog - https://stateandfed.com/lobbycomply/feed

To Be or Not to Be an Adverse Employment Action – What is Paid Administrative Leave?

11 Aug 2022, 10:48 am by Stephanie Lowe, Brett A. Overby and Peter J. Brown

The California Court of Appeal, in Horsford v. [read post]

California Public Agency Labor and Employment Blog - http://www.calpublicagencylaboremploymentblog.com

The Geography of Public Conversations on Court Packing

1 May 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger

City of New London. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

First District Holds EIR’s Analysis of “No Project” Alternative To City of Livermore Residential Development Violated CEQA By Failing To Discuss Feasibility Of Purchasing And Preserving Habitat-Rich Garaventa Hills Project Site, Also Addresses Significant Issues Involving Exhaustion Doctrine And Adequacy of Mitigation

4 Apr 2022, 1:15 pm by Arthur F. Coon

Save the Hill Group v. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

A Decade of CEQA Developments

21 Sep 2021, 1:44 pm by Arthur F. Coon

The Supreme Court, in California Building Industry Association v. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

News You Can Use Digest – August 27, 2021

27 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor

In Shelby County v. [read post]

Lobby Comply Blog - https://stateandfed.com/lobbycomply/feed

U.S. SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT TEMPORARY ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT IS APPROPRIATED BY THE GOVERNMENT IS A PER SE PHYSICAL TAKING, GIVING RISE TO NUMEROUS NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAWFULNESS OF MANY GOVERNMENT INSPECTION REGIMES

13 Jul 2021, 3:00 am by Glen C. Hansen and Daniel S. Cucchi

California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987) and Dolan v. [read post]

Abbott & Kindermann Land Use Law Blog - http://blog.aklandlaw.com/

U.S. SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT TEMPORARY ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT IS APPROPRIATED BY THE GOVERNMENT IS A PER SE PHYSICAL TAKING, GIVING RISE TO NUMEROUS NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAWFULNESS OF MANY GOVERNMENT INSPECTION REGIMES

13 Jul 2021, 3:00 am by Glen C. Hansen and Daniel S. Cucchi

California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987) and Dolan v. [read post]

Abbott & Kindermann Land Use Law Blog - http://blog.aklandlaw.com/

Should San Francisco Taxpayers File Protective Claims for Recovery of the Homelessness Tax and the Commercial Rents Tax?

4 Feb 2021, 1:33 pm by Craig A. Becker, Breann E. Robowski, Richard E. Nielsen, Robert P. Merten III and Connor A. Corbitt

A157983 (SF-CRT); City of Fresno v. [read post]

SeeSALT Blog - https://seesalt.pillsburylaw.com/

2020 CEQA 4th QUARTER REVIEW

13 Jan 2021, 3:00 am by Abbott & Kindermann, William W. Abbott, Diane G. Kindermann, Glen C. Hansen and Daniel S. Cucchi

UPDATE Ministerial v. [read post]

Abbott & Kindermann Land Use Law Blog - http://blog.aklandlaw.com/

2020 CEQA 4th QUARTER REVIEW

13 Jan 2021, 3:00 am by Abbott & Kindermann, William W. Abbott, Diane G. Kindermann, Glen C. Hansen and Daniel S. Cucchi

UPDATE Ministerial v. [read post]

Abbott & Kindermann Land Use Law Blog - http://blog.aklandlaw.com/

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?

29 Nov 2020, 8:08 pm by Arthur F. Coon

Sierra Club v. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

California Marijuana Delivery Lawsuit Slated for Next Month

12 Jun 2020, 1:10 pm by Cannabis Law Group

Additional Resources: County of Santa Cruz et al v. [read post]

Cannabis Law Group's Medical Marijuana Legal Blog - http://www.marijuanalawyerblog.com/

California Supermajority Tax Challenge Cases are Onto the Next Level: Last Trial Court Ruling Issued

18 May 2020, 4:53 pm by Robert P. Merten III

All three trial court rulings rely heavily on the California Supreme Court’s August 2017 opinion in Cannabis Coalition v. [read post]

SeeSALT Blog - https://seesalt.pillsburylaw.com/

Back To CEQA Basics: Second District Teaches That CEQA Requires Judicial Deference To Lead Agency’s Chosen Baseline, Failure To Administratively Exhaust “Exact Issue” Results In Forfeiture, And An EIR Is Not Faulty For Omitting Immaterial Information

21 Apr 2020, 1:11 pm by Arthur F. Coon

City of Richmond (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th 70; Rodeo Citizens Assn. v. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

Petitions of the week

8 Apr 2020, 6:50 am by Andrew Hamm

City of Fresno, California 19-1021Issue: Whether it is clearly established that the Fourth Amendment prohibits police officers from stealing property listed in a search warrant. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Fifth District Holds EIR For Kern County’s Ministerial Oil and Gas Well Permitting Ordinance Violates CEQA Due To Improperly Deferred Mitigation For Water Supply Impacts, Inadequate Mitigation For Farmland Conversion, And Inadequate Analysis of Noise Impacts

3 Mar 2020, 4:53 pm by Arthur F. Coon

County of Fresno (2018) 6 Cal.5th 502, 513), the Court held it was. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

The California Environmental Quality Act: 2019 Court Decisions and Legislation

9 Jan 2020, 12:03 pm by Michael Zischke

Fresno standards and upheld EIR. [read post]

Lay of the Land - http://landuse.coxcastle.com/

“ROG Won: A CEQA Wars Story” – Third District Holds Geothermal Energy Project EIR’s Rejection Of Proposed Mitigation Measures For Significant ROG Fugitive Emissions Impact Violated CEQA Where No Substantial Evidence Showed Measures’ Infeasibility

3 Jan 2020, 3:29 pm by Arthur F. Coon

Regents of University of California (1988) 47 Cal.3d 376, 413, 418; Sacramento Old City Assn. v. [read post]