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Name Change For Office of Planning and Research and Fish and Wildlife 2025 Filing Fees Increase

Effective July 1, 2024, the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) was renamed to the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI). The announcement from the Governor’s Office regarding this...more

Governor Signs AB 1307, Clearing Roadblock to University Housing

On September 7, 2023, the Governor signed Assembly Bill 1307 (AB 1307), which provides that noise generated by occupants of residential projects is not a significant effect on the environment under the California...more

CA Supreme Court Orders Appeals Court Brown Act Opinion Depublished

Opinion requiring local agency to give notice on meeting agenda of CEQA exemption determined by staff is no longer binding precedent, but some CEQA actions must still be agendized - On February 15, 2023, the California...more

CARB Releases 2022 Scoping Plan Update

Plan Seeks to Achieve Carbon Neutrality and Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions - On December 15, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved its Final 2022 Scoping Plan Update (Scoping Plan or Plan). The...more

CEQA Document Filing Fees Increase for 2023

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Announces Annual Adjustments - The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced an increase in filing fees for all California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)...more

12/5/2022  /  CEQA , Fees , Filing Fees

New Brown Act Requirements from Second District Court of Appeals

CEQA Finding of Exemption to be Listed on an Agency’s Agenda for its Public Meetings - In G.I. Industries v. City of Thousand Oaks, the Second District Court of Appeal recently held that the City Council’s approval of a...more

In With the New – Part Three

BB&K's New Law Guidance for a Happy New Year - In Part Three of our “In With the New” series, BB&K covers important new legislation related to CEQA, development fees, housing, planning, zoning, public contracts and waste...more

CEQA Document Filing Fees Increase for 2022

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Announces Annual Adjustments - The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced an increase in filing fees for all California Environmental Quality Act...more

Court Rules on Parking Reduction & CEQA Impact

Confirms Reduction in Parking Considered Social Impact Rather Than Environmental - The Second Appellate District Court of Appeal has upheld approval of a recreational improvements/ecological restoration project despite the...more

Bringing a Case to Arbitration Should be Easier Following Recent Ninth Circuit Decision

Court Raises the Bar on Appeals Following Voluntary Dismissal - A plaintiff may not avoid arbitration and manufacture appellate jurisdiction simply by voluntarily dismissing his claims, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of...more

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