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Land Use Matters March 2024 – CEQA Appellate Decisions & Other Legal Developments

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City of Los Angeles - Proposed Citywide Adaptive Reuse Ordinance - In 1999, the city council adopted the Adaptive Reuse Ordinance (ARO) that enabled the conversion of commercial buildings constructed in the downtown area in...more

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Land Use Matters December 2023 - CEQA Appellate Decisions & Other Legal Developments

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City of Los Angeles - The Processes and Procedures Ordinance Becomes Operative January 22, 2024 - The city council adopted the Processes and Procedures Ordinance amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to...more

Integral Consulting Inc.

Cities Are Changing Groundwater Availability for Residential Growth

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 28.8 percent of the lower 48 states are in drought. At one point in 2022, almost half of the country was in a drought condition. The lack of precipitation plays havoc on the groundwater...more

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The Final Content of California's Budget-Revised Infrastructure and CEQA Reform Trailer Bills

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As stated in Holland & Knight's recent alert detailing Gov. Gavin Newsom's package of 11 bills to amend the venerable California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), meaningful reforms to CEQA have eluded all past governors in...more

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Construction & Claims: June 2023

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Welcome to Construction & Claims, a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving construction news, claims, bid protests, contract administration and payment-related disputes....more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Combating Misperception: Arizona Is Not Out Of Water; Construction Has Not Been Suspended

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Contrary to the catastrophic picture painted by news sources around the country, Arizona is not out of water, construction has not been suspended, and a construction moratorium has not been issued by the Governor. The real...more

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Who Owns The Right To Develop Along The Shoreline?

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There are 7,719 miles of tidal shoreline in Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, according to the Maryland Geological Survey. The vast majority of that shoreline is privately owned, thereby limiting the...more

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Unpublished Decision Looks at Valuation Methodologies

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In Freeport Reg’l Water Auth. v. M&H Realty Partners VI, L.P., 2019 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6126 (Sept. 16, 2019), the court walked through a complicated fact pattern involving – in its simplest form – a 40-foot easement for...more

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Water Quality Buffer/Stormwater: Tennessee Appellate Court Reviews Denial of Variance Request

The Tennessee Court of Appeals (“Court”) addressed in a April 4th Opinion a question involving stormwater issue regulations that utilize water quality buffers. See Precision Homes, INC. v. The Metropolitan Government of...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Changes Ahead? How a Changing Regulatory Landscape Will Impact New Development and Infrastructure Projects in California

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Major new regulatory developments involving climate change create new risks for development projects and infrastructure - ..Recent CA Supreme Court decision? CEQAclarity ..CARB 2017 Scoping Plan targets development to...more

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West Coast Real Estate Update: January 2017 #2

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California Prepares for Possible Rollback of Federal Water, Wetlands Regulations - Scott Pruitt, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has discussed eliminating what he...more

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Miami-Dade County Proposed Budget Confirms Dedication To P3s

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Last week Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez introduced the County’s FY 2015-16 Proposed Budget and Multi-Year Capital Plan. A review of the budget’s line items confirms the County’s dedication to the use of...more

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Pennsylvania’s Act 162 Creates Alternative to Riparian Buffers for Compliance with Clean Streams Law

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In October 2014, the Pennsylvania legislature passed and the governor signed Act 162 of 2014, which amended the Clean Streams Law. Effective December 21, 2014, developers proposing an earth-disturbance activity near special...more

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Exemption for Construction of Water and Sewer Lines

The PA Department of Revenue has renewed a ruling that a contractor may claim exemption for certain items installed in the construction of water and sanitary sewer lines for a private developer where the sewer lines will be...more

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