category ceqa 
CEQA Developments
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
The 2021-2022 Legislative Session was light on CEQA amendments, and once again did not produce any significant reform. While not amendments to CEQA itself, these new targets are worth noting as they will invariably appear in CEQA documents. As a ministerial approval, these projects would not be subject to CEQA review.
CEQA Developments
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
1) held the San Diego County Board of Supervisors committed a prejudicial abuse of discretion in granting project opponents’ appeals of the Planning Commission’s decision upholding County’s use of the CEQA Guidelines section 15183 exemption for a construction debris and inert materials recycling facility project. Hilltop Group, Inc.,
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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. acre feet per acre (2011-12) to zero acre feet per acre (2015-16). Reliance on Extra-record Evidence.
CEQA Developments
JANUARY 2, 2023
While rejecting many of plaintiffs’ CEQA challenges to the project’s final EIR (FEIR), the Court of Appeal found merit in claims that the EIR’s project description, analyses of impacts to historical resources and aesthetics, and alternatives analysis were deficient. Code, § 9112(c); Pub. The DEIR was circulated September 9, 2019.
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.
CEQA Developments
MARCH 3, 2021
As readers of this blog know, my endeavor since its inception with regard to judicial developments has, in general, been to cover only published CEQA cases. In an increasingly data-driven legal world, however, perhaps case publication statistics might provide some valuable insights regarding what kinds of CEQA cases get published and why.
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The court rejected Exxon’s argument that it could withhold documents based on an accountant-client privilege under Texas law. and non-U.S. United States v.
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