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New $30 Billion Transit Fund: Legal Perspectives on Canada's Evolving Public Transit and Capital Projects Landscape

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On July 17, 2024, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the official establishment of the Canada Public Transit Fund (CPTF). This initiative will provide $30 billion over the next 10 years and up to $3 billion annually on a...more

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New Jersey FY 2025 – Transportation Department Budget Hearing

Fran O’Connor, acting commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT); Kevin S. Corbett, president and CEO of NJ Transit (NJT); and Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) Chief Administrator Latrecia Littles-Floyd...more

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First District Affirms Judgment Upholding UCSF’s EIR for Long-Range Development Plan Substantially Increasing Parnassus Heights...

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In a partially published opinion filed September 20, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 3) affirmed the Alameda County Superior Court’s judgments denying writ petitions in three partially consolidated CEQA actions...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - September 2022 #5

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Governor Newsom signs Senator Dodd’s affordable housing bill - Sonoma Index-Tribune – September 21 - Governor Gavin Newsom on September 19 signed into law affordable housing legislation authored by Senator Bill Dodd. Senate...more

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More About NEPA Reform; It’s Not Just About Renewable Energy

Last month, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf wrote to the Federal Highway Administration, stating that Oakland “is suffering from a crippling housing and homelessness crisis.”...more

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New Infrastructure Spending Bill and Climate Change

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President Biden recently announced the administration’s climate change goals and is expected to continue to roll out new policies focusing on resiliency and targeting climate change. Tackling climate change is one of the main...more

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Biden’s Jobs Plan Sets Bold Goals For Infrastructure, Climate Change, And The Economy

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On March 31, 2021, President Joe Biden announced the American Jobs Plan (the Plan). The Plan proposes approximately $2 trillion in government funding over the next decade focused on infrastructure, the electric grid,...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - June 2020 #4

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San Diego approves new housing blueprint that calls for tripling yearly construction through 2029 - Bullet The San Diego Union-Tribune – June 17 - The San Diego City Council last week unanimously approved a...more

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COVID-19 Relief: The Time is Now for a Federal Infrastructure Bill

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Although the federal government is pouring trillions of dollars into the U.S. economy through stimulus checks and various small business lending programs, these solutions provide only short-term relief and do not provide any...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - February 2020 #2

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California Senate rejects controversial housing bill - San Francisco Chronicle – January 29 - A contentious bill to increase the housing supply in California by boosting dense construction around public transit and in...more

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Four New California Cap and Trade Bills Fund Programs

$900 million in appropriations for fiscal year 2016-17 - With California’s cap and trade program suffering from legal challenges, decreasing auction revenue and general criticism of the program’s effectiveness, Gov....more

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Sustainable Development Update - August 2016

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Sustainable Development Focus - REIT reporting standards for sustainability lack consensus REIT.com - Jul 29 - There are roughly a dozen or so real estate sustainability standards competing for the attention...more

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