Mon.May 03, 2021

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Solar Development: Super Bloom or Super Bust for Desert Species?

Science & Climate

During the 2017 super bloom, panel shade negatively affected population growth of the rare species, but had little effect on its common relative. . Wildflowers blanket the desert near the UC Davis study site in the Mojave Desert. Karen Tanner).

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First District Affirms Judgment Rejecting CEQA and General Plan Consistency Challenges to Napa County’s EIR for Syar Quarry Expansion Project, Addresses Significant Exhaustion and Land Use Issues

CEQA Developments

County of Monterey (2017) 14 Cal.App.5th Accordingly, and because the County determined the project was consistent with its general plan, the trial court declined to consider the merits of SSE’s general plans consistency arguments. The Court of Appeal, following the reasoning of The Highway 68 Coalition v.

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