CEQA Developments

AUGUST 2, 2022

The overlap of those two roles gave rise to the County of Mono case, in which the County sought to use CEQA litigation as leverage over the City’s water allocations to agricultural users who lease property from the City. In 2010 the City executed leases with a number of agricultural lessees for pasturage, farming alfalfa, and other purposes.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

On December 28, 2018, California adopted comprehensive amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines , which include a suite of provisions aimed at improving the analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change impacts in state environmental reviews. By Jessica Wentz. GHG Emissions Analysis.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 9, 2022

In an opinion filed on December 16, 2021, and belatedly ordered published on January 13, 2022, the Fourth District Court of Appeal rejected a CEQA challenge to a small multifamily project in the City of Santa Cruz. As part of the review process, the City prepared an initial study/mitigated negative declaration to address CEQA compliance.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In its papers supporting the order to show cause, the attorney general said that PwC had served as Exxon’s independent auditor since before 2010 (the time period covered by the subpoena), a role in which PwC examined whether Exxon’s financial statement disclosures were supported by evidence.

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