The unanimous opinion holds that development impact fees established through the legislative process are subject to constitutional scrutiny as potential regulatory takings.
The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the...more
4/23/2024
/ Dolan v City of Tigard ,
Fifth Amendment ,
George Sheetz v County of El Dorado ,
Impact Fees ,
Just Compensation ,
Nollan v California Coastal Commission ,
Property Owners ,
Real Estate Development ,
Real Estate Investments ,
SCOTUS ,
Takings Clause
CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development -
In an unpublished opinion issued May 18, 2018, Responsible Development for Water Tank Hill v. County of San Mateo, Case No. A150883, the California...more
CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development -
In an unpublished opinion issued February 20, 2018, Advocates for Better Cmty. Dev. v. City of Palm Springs, Case No. E066193, the California Court...more
California higher courts rule in favor of public agencies on small majority of environmental impact report cases.
Over the course of 2017, Latham lawyers reviewed all 46 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) cases,...more
CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development
In a partially published opinion issued January 12, 2018, City of Long Beach v. City of Los Angeles, the California Court of Appeal affirmed in part...more
Proposed changes include shifting the methodology for studying projects’ potential traffic impacts and clarifying the terms for deferred mitigation measures.
The California Natural Resources Agency (the Agency) has given...more
Lead agencies cannot ignore the Coastal Act’s ESHA requirements in CEQA documents and defer analysis for later Coastal Commission review.
Key Points:
..CEQA requires an EIR to identify potential environmentally...more
Recent decision points to the original intent of the California Public Records Act in the evolving debate over government transparency.
Key Points:
..California Supreme Court rules that emails and text messages sent...more
On December 12, 2016, EPA published the final Formaldehyde Standards For Composite Wood Products Rule (the Rule) in the Federal Register. The compliance date for most aspects of the Rule is December 12, 2017, with a...more
Recent decision resolves appellate split regarding standard of review for agency decision to prepare supplemental environmental review.
On September 19, the California Supreme Court held that the substantial evidence...more
In an opinion by Justice Kruger, the Supreme Court of California unanimously reversed the Court of Appeal in Friends of the College of San Mateo Gardens v. San Mateo County Community College District, Cal. Supreme Court, Case...more
On June 22, 2016, President Obama signed a bill reauthorizing the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) oil and gas pipeline programs through 2019. Obama’s final stamp on the Protecting our...more
6/29/2016
/ Barack Obama ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Natural Gas ,
New Legislation ,
Oil & Gas ,
PHMSA ,
Pipelines ,
PIPES Act ,
Public Safety ,
Reauthorization ,
Underground Storage Tanks
On May 12, 2016, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final rules aimed at reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, in support of the Obama Administration’s efforts to cut methane...more