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29 Jul 2019, 4:47 pm by Arthur F. Coon
In an opinion originally filed June 28, and later certified for partial publication on July 22, 2019 (upon the request of the California Building Industry Association), the Second District Court of Appeal affirmed a judgment denying a CEQA writ petition challenging a project converting a vacant former apartment building into a boutique hotel in Los Angeles’ Hollywood area. [read post]
1 Jun 2017, 3:57 pm by Arthur F. Coon
In an opinion filed March 23, and belatedly modified and ordered published on May 25, 2017, the First District Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s dismissal of a plaintiff environmental group’s (“Friends”) CEQA action against a local air quality district (“District”). [read post]
23 Mar 2020, 10:56 am by Arthur F. Coon
Time for some “spring cleaning” updates on several notable CEQA-related matters. [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 4:43 pm by Arthur F. Coon
California Senate Bill No. 122 (SB 122), introduced by Senators Jackson, Hill and Roth on January 15, 2015, appears to be the newest stab at legislative CEQA “reform. [read post]
26 Feb 2019, 10:24 am by Arthur F. Coon
Just a few updates/items of possible interest as we head toward the end of this short (but very cold and wet) month: Regulatory Developments The close of OPR’s public comment period on its Discussion Draft of the CEQA Climate Change Advisory is March 15, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. [read post]
19 Feb 2025, 3:50 pm by Arthur F. Coon
On February 13, 2025, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. 7) filed its 71-page published opinion affirming the trial court’s judgment rejecting CEQA safety hazard and cumulative impacts analysis challenges – as well as Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) and generic “arbitrary and capricious” writ challenges – to the California Air Resources Board’s (“CARB”) August 2020 decision adopting the “Control Measure For Ocean-Going… [read post]
7 Feb 2023, 12:07 pm by Arthur F. Coon and Arielle Harris
In an opinion in a much-publicized case, filed December 28, 2022, and later ordered published on January 26, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 3), upheld the City of Livermore’s (“City”) approval of a 130-unit affordable housing project on a downtown infill site and its accompanying determination that the project was CEQA-exempt under Government Code section 65457 (“Section 65457”). [read post]
6 Jul 2021, 8:55 am by Arthur F. Coon
In a published opinion filed June 30, 2021, the First District Court of Appeal applied well-established CEQA statute of limitations rules, and a “persuasive dictum” from one of its prior decisions addressing the requirements for valid tolling agreements, to affirm a judgment dismissing a CEQA claim as time-barred. [read post]
12 Feb 2019, 10:30 am by Arthur F. Coon
In a partially published opinion filed January 30, 2019, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 1) affirmed a judgment denying a writ petition challenging the City of Berkeley’s approval of use permits for three single-family homes on three contiguous hillside parcels. [read post]
18 Aug 2016, 8:22 am by Arthur F. Coon
In a published decision filed August 12, 2016, following remand from the California Supreme Court after its landmark “CEQA-in-reverse” decision, the First District Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s judgment and remanded with directions to issue an order partially granting CBIA’s writ of mandate and to consider CBIA’s requests for declaratory relief and attorneys’ fees. [read post]
9 Oct 2019, 12:59 pm by Arthur F. Coon
In an opinion filed September 5, and later certified for partial publication on October 3, 2019, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed a judgment upholding the City of Chico’s EIR and related statement of overriding considerations for Walmart’s project to expand an existing store, add a gas station, and create two new outparcels for future commercial development. [read post]
8 Jan 2018, 4:31 pm by Arthur F. Coon
As we move into a brand new year of tracking CEQA developments, it seems like an appropriate time to survey and briefly recap some of the many significant published case law developments that occurred over the past year. [read post]
3 Jul 2013, 4:38 pm by Arthur F. Coon
Nothing says “battle royal” quite like pitting several of California’s heavyweight environmental laws against one another in a “winner-take-all” litigation brawl. [read post]
10 Jan 2014, 4:10 pm by Arthur F. Coon
Plaintiff Save the Plastic Bag Coalition (Coalition) lost a third consecutive published appellate decision in its litigation campaign to require EIRs for virtually all local ordinances that ban or restrict the use of single-use plastic bags in favor of alternatives deemed environmentally superior. [read post]
8 Sep 2017, 5:05 am by Jim Sedor
Starr said the check was only for four dollars, “but it’s just the principle of the thing. [read post]
11 Apr 2019, 7:05 am by Ronald Collins
” Can you give us a rough sketch of the man whom Kenneth Starr tagged “Mr. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 12:58 pm by Bryan W. Wenter and Ronny Clausner
In one of the most widely followed land use cases in recent years, the Supreme Court of California unanimously upheld the City of San Jose’s affordable housing ordinance because it was intended to advance the constitutionally permissible public purposes of increasing the amount of affordable housing in the community and promoting economically diverse developments. [read post]
1 Aug 2018, 3:39 pm by Arthur F. Coon
In an opinion filed June 28, and later ordered modified and published on July 27, 2018, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. 6) affirmed the trial court’s $21,160.46 cost award in favor of a prevailing party public agency for costs associated with preparing the administrative record in a CEQA case, despite petitioner’s election to prepare the record, where the petitioner had unreasonably delayed and the agency acted reasonably. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 10:22 am by Arthur F. Coon
Governor Jerry Brown was recently quoted in a Capitol Alert piece as calling legislative reform of CEQA “the Lord’s work” – hopefully he didn’t mean the quest for the Holy Grail – although he admitted in the same article he hadn’t yet read the latest bills proposing to limit its scope. [read post]