CEQA Reform

The Direction of CEQA “Reform” Under Proposed SB 731: One Step Up and Three Steps Back?

by Arthur F. Coon | Miller Starr Regalia on 5/20/2013

There has been a lot of buzz around proposed SB 731, which is working its way through the State Legislature and will be heard Monday, May 20, in the Senate Appropriations Committee. Notwithstanding the hype and hopes, I think...more

Update on CEQA Reform: Steinberg’s Quest for the “Elusive Middle Ground”

by Shaye Diveley, Miles H. Imwalle | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/1/2013

The last year witnessed what once appeared to be a groundswell of support for the “modernization” of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), loosely meaning easing the burden of the process itself and minimizing...more

CEQA Reform: The Cure May Be Worse Than The Disease

by Marc Bruner, Julie Jones, Barbara Schussman | Perkins Coie on 4/30/2013

According to the author’s April 23, 2013 press release, the amended version of Senate Bill 731 is a “comprehensive reform” of CEQA, “modernizing the law to aid California’s economic growth.” But a close review shows that the...more

AB 900 CEQA Reform Law Partially Struck Down

by Arthur F. Coon | Miller Starr Regalia on 4/9/2013

Ruling from the bench at a March 29, 2013 hearing, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch found a key provision of an ambitious CEQA reform law championed by Senator Darrell Steinberg to be unconstitutional....more

New Significance Standard For Greenhouse Gas Emissions Is Not New Information Triggering Supplemental CEQA Review

by Marc Bruner, Stephen Kostka | Perkins Coie on 4/3/2013

In an opinion published on March 28, 2013, a California court of appeal answered three questions under the California Environmental Quality Act that the published decisions have not yet addressed...more

CEQA: Reforming California's Landmark Environmental Law

by Michelle Ouellette | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 3/5/2013

California has always been on the cutting edge when it comes to environmental protection. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the adoption and implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act, frequently referred...more

“Bare-Bones” CEQA Reform Bill (SB 731) Introduced By Senator Steinberg; Senator Evans Proposes Legislation to Further Expand CEQA

by Arthur F. Coon | Miller Starr Regalia on 2/27/2013

On February 22, 2013, Senator President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg introduced SB 731, a bill the Senator’s website press release described as “outlining the detailed intent that strengthens [CEQA’s] protection of the...more

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The Direction of CEQA “Reform” Under Proposed SB 731: One Step Up and Three Steps Back?

Update on CEQA Reform: Steinberg’s Quest for the “Elusive Middle Ground”

CEQA Reform: The Cure May Be Worse Than The Disease

AB 900 CEQA Reform Law Partially Struck Down

New Significance Standard For Greenhouse Gas Emissions Is Not New Information Triggering Supplemental CEQA Review

CEQA: Reforming California's Landmark Environmental Law

“Bare-Bones” CEQA Reform Bill (SB 731) Introduced By Senator Steinberg; Senator Evans Proposes Legislation to Further Expand CEQA

New CEQA Bill - Cure Or Band-Aid?

Perfect Storm for CEQA Reform In 2013? Former Govs Weigh In

Are Courts Actively Limiting CEQA’s Scope In The Absence Of Meaningful Legislative Reform?*

CEQA Reform – Legislature Balks In 2012: What is the Starting Point for Working Group Discussions and 2013 Legislation?

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