CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for more than fifty years. For nearly all that time, the firm also has written Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 4th, a 12-volume treatise on California real estate law. The new law also adds Section 21085.2,

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JANUARY 4, 2022

In this blog post, I will offer a few thoughts related to my research agenda on the microeconomics of climate change adaptation. Climate Change Adaptation Will Offer a Sharp Test of the Claims of Behavioral Economics ," The Economists' Voice , De Gruyter, vol. In my 2015 paper, I discuss the broad issue. Kahn Matthew E.,

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For instance, real estate developers have claimed that land use and zoning regulations that seek to reduce exposure to climate change impacts constitute regulatory takings. And property owners adversely impacted by climate-related flood control measures have sought compensation for their harms.

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SPR Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

On September 12, 2023, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) issued proposed regulations to implement Local Law 97 of 2019 (LL97). LL97 requires most large buildings in NYC to meet increasingly stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limits starting in 2024.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

So stay tuned on that front…) The Court of Appeal’s Opinion The gist of the case’s narrow holding reflected in the published portion of the opinion is that the EIR’s climate change analysis did not employ a methodology previously rejected for lack of substantial evidence in Center for Biological Diversity v.

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SPR Law

OCTOBER 10, 2022

On October 6, 2022, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) issued proposed regulations to implement Local Law 97 of 2019 (LL97). LL97 requires most large buildings in NYC to meet increasingly stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limits starting in 2024.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Climate Change. Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance). Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations). Securities: Regulation Enforcement. Real Estate. Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance. Appellate Law. Environment. Life Sciences.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 20, 2023

As the business world grapples with demands to combat climate change, the role of commercial buildings in reducing greenhouse gas emissions has come into sharp focus. Chief among the flaws is many of the state programs have been described as sophomoric lacking in the rigor of the legal structure surrounding commercial real estate.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

APRIL 11, 2022

The New York Times has publishe d a good opinion piece by a Professor of English on the unintended consequences of federal subsidies and regulations for living in flood plains. Instead, I will discuss how flood risk (ex-ante) and flooding affects the real estate market and the distribution of income.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 8, 2023

Plaintiff identifies no authority, whether in the form of a statute, regulation, or published case, that requires consideration of CC&Rs in an EIR.” (Slip opn., Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for more than fifty years.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

In 2021, commercial real estate entities JLL and CBRE announced they would pursue achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2040. To continue that momentum nationally, we need systemic change: we need to revise our building codes, we need to migrate toward full building electrification, and we need to decarbonize the energy grid.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 17, 2022

With legislation that became law last week, without the Governor’s signature, Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. only days from now). All of which is true, but.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

CEQA analysis of GHG/climate change impacts is different – and difficult. 4th 204, taught that a project’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (and related climate change impacts) are cumulative impacts and constitute a rather “different animal” for CEQA analysis purposes. My August 28, 2020 post on the case can be found here.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

Modeled after Irvine Ranch in California, the largest planned community in the United States, Teravalis is seen by local and state elected leaders as a crowning achievement in a booming real estate market. That is putting more pressure to supply homes and businesses from finite water reserves held in aquifers. .

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 25, 2023

In addition to oil, the Irving Company included forestry, real estate, consumer goods, ship-building assets and media holdings. Access to information and analysis on the climate crisis is critical for empowering people to take action, which is why we publish regular blogs that you can follow here. Arthur’s father K.C.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Pendent to those Scope 3 downstream businesses, many more will be impacted by this California law and other coming ESG regulation, enabling a large number of businesses to do their part to repair the world while taking advantage of ESG opportunities. Commercial real estate may be the best ESG supply chain opportunity.

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 4, 2021

County of Placer (Squaw Valley Real Estate, LLC, Real Party in Interest) (2021) Cal.App.5th. using welding instead of riveting, mixing concrete off-site instead of on-site) where feasible and consistent with building codes and other applicable laws and regulations.” Sierra Watch v.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 1, 2023

And yes, this is with appreciation that the subject is hierarchically a subset of environmental, the E in ESG, and then below that climate change. This entirely new subject of government regulation is simply a bellwether for the biggest business opportunity in history, waiting to be unlocked.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

EPA , a federal district court granted Louisiana’s request to preliminarily enjoin the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) from imposing or enforcing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (“Title VI”) based on disparate impact regulations. 2:23-CV-00692 (W.D.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2021

Low-interest loans of up to $200,000 are available to homeowners and renters to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, and SBA regulations also permit loans up to $40,000 to repair or replace damaged personal property, including vehicles.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Accelerating the Road to Regulation. This voluntary UN initiative notes approvingly that most business leaders understand the need to mitigate climate risk and many companies are already seized with the multi-trillion dollar economic opportunity that accompanies this transition to Net Zero. Aligning Lobbying and Advocacy 7.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The First Circuit opinion incorporated the following EPA definition for EJ, (noting it had been utilized by LDEQ): “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies,” with (..)

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Conclusions and Implications The Opinion is a mixed bag for CEQA practitioners and the regulated community. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 14, 2023

In a proactive move toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings in the state, the Maryland Department of the Environment has today released draft regulations to implement key aspects of Senate Bill 528 of 2022 – The Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. And the task itself is also huge to be the first state to regulate carbon.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 10, 2023

This post includes preliminary comments on the Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards regulations proposed to be published on December 15, 2023. That the schedule for these regulations, prescribed in statute, has been missed (. That the schedule for these regulations, prescribed in statute, has been missed (.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Substantial evidence supported the County’s decision not to recirculate the DEIR after adding information to the FEIR about the Project’s impact to climate change. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. Recirculation Not Required.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JUNE 9, 2021

So, this logic says that local quality of life causes economics growth if the geography of the location and the political economy of local land use regulation is such that the place allows new construction to take place. The emerging spatial equilibrium determines how much risk climate change poses to us. Whites are moving away.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 26, 2019

has now solidified its space as a national leader in the fight against climate change and proudly communicate to the world that we are still in.”. She also mentioned in her speech after signing the historic bill, that effective actions against climate change are now in the hands of cities and states. appeared first on.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

MARCH 16, 2021

I recently released a co-authored NBER working paper that argues that the real estate premium in our most productive cities declined in 2020 as some of us dispersed to the suburbs and other areas. In the face of rising climate change risk, this means that cities need to step up their resilience investments.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

serious progression of climate change. One can also imagine more stringent regulations being proposed regarding ocean and coastal ecosystems as these environmental impacts are studied more. and Master’s of Energy Regulation and Law, where he focuses on the intersection between water and energy. rising sea-levels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In the 1940s, the US government negotiated maps with local real estate markets to inform mortgage lending practices. You have likely heard of one of these policies known as redlining. These maps marked areas with larger proportions of people of color as more “hazardous” (often in red, hence the name redlining).

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 20, 2023

This week’s regulation will drive Colorado’s statutory GHG emission reduction targets of 7% by 2026 and 20% by 2030 for the buildings covered in the program, as compared to 2021 levels. However, the regulation is being applauded for providing flexibility for building owners and various pathways for meeting the standards.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 11, 2023

In the face of concerns over global climate change, finding effective solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has become a pressing priority. Alongside direct mitigation efforts, environmental offsets have emerged as a critical tool in the battle against climate change. You can register here.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The country that is home to some of the most iconic buildings erected by humankind, from the Eiffel Tower to the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Palace of Versailles is failing its current inhabitants and decimating residential real estate with deeply flawed greenhouse gas emissions standards for rental properties.

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The lone ruling on which the trial court was reversed was its finding that the City adequately assessed the MND Projects’ consistency with the City’s CAP in reaching its determination of no significant GHG/climate change impacts.

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Arnold Porter

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The firm's Environmental practice also specializes in climate change and renewable fuels issues, including counseling, permitting, and litigation. Financial Services Regulation Law. Real Estate Law. Securities Regulation. Trusts & Estates Law. Commercial Litigation. Corporate Law. Energy Law.

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CEQA Developments

APRIL 11, 2023

The EIR’s analysis of emissions from 50 hours of annual running time – the maximum permitted by California regulations for testing and maintenance – and adoption of a mitigation measure allowing only 20 hours of such use was a reasonable analysis that left a 30-hour “cushion” for emergency operation.

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