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California Environmental Quality Act Entitlements

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Challenge to Housing and Revitalization Project Found Not Cognizable under the Fair Housing Act and California Fair Employment and...

In a case potentially overshadowed by the California Supreme Court’s same-day denial to hear a request to stay a cap on student admissions at UC Berkeley, the Second Appellate District Court (Div. 2) issued its opinion in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Petitioners Failed to Show Subdivision Consistent With a Specific Plan EIR Was Outside the Scope of a Statutory Exemption

In Citizens’ Committee to Complete the Refuge et al. v. City of Newark et al., the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 4) found the California Environmental Quality Act did not require subsequent or supplemental...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Enacts New Legislation to Combat Growing Housing Crisis, But Not Without Controversy

On September 16th, hot off the heels of surviving California’s latest recall effort, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation aimed at addressing the statewide housing crisis – a critical topic leading up to last week’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Mandate to Provide Traffic Improvements Prior to Project Approval Struck Down

In Alliance for Responsible Planning v. Taylor, the Third District Court of Appeal recently struck down a voter initiative requiring a developer to fund all cumulative traffic mitigation as a condition precedent to project...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Senate Bill Extends and Expands CEQA Streamlining Process

Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 7, the “Housing + Jobs Expansion & Extension Act”, which extends and expands California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) streamlining provisions. As previously...more

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West Coast Land Use Posts Banner Year for Entitlement Approvals in California

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In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was – somewhat surprisingly – a banner year for securing entitlement approvals. Holland & Knight's West Coast Land Use and Environmental Group secured approvals for approximately...more

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Unsubstantiated or Speculative Expert Opinion Is Not Substantial Evidence of a Significant Environmental Impact

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Unsubstantiated opinions from purported experts are not enough to require preparation of an EIR, the court of appeal recently held in Maacama Watershed Alliance v. County of Sonoma, 40 Cal. App. 5th 1007 (2019), a case in...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

[WEBINAR] Update on the California Environmental Quality Act: What’s New for 2018

This BB&K webinar provides a brief review of the latest developments in CEQA compliance. This webinar addresses both new CEQA statutory and regulatory requirements, and also discusses recent case law interpretations affecting...more

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City’s Bifurcated Procedure For Appealing Approval of Entitlements Separately From CEQA Determinations Upheld

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The Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld a mitigated negative declaration where the project opponent correctly appealed the approval of entitlements but failed to properly appeal the CEQA determination under the City of San...more

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Applications for Funding are Not Necessarily Projects Under CEQA - Court Clarifies Save Tara Standard

In the recently published decision in City of Irvine v. County of Orange the Court of Appeal held that the county’s approval of an application for state funding to expand a jail facility was not a project under the California...more

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