California Department of Fish and Wildlife Annual Adjustments -
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced an increase in filing fees for all California Environmental Quality Act Notices of Determination...more
Significant Changes Begin Nov. 3 -
The California Office of Planning and Research, State Clearinghouse Unit, has adopted new rules for accepting environmental documents for posting. Beginning Nov. 3, OPR will no longer...more
Guidance Brings Heightened Scrutiny -
The California Department of Transportation recently released “Interim Land Development and Intergovernmental Review (LDIGR) Caltrans Safety Review Practitioners Guidance.” It...more
Public Comments Due March 10 -
The White House Council on Environmental Quality issued a proposal to significantly overhaul, for the first time in 40 years, the regulations for implementing the National Environmental...more
1/31/2020
/ Categorical Exclusions ,
CEQ ,
Comment Period ,
Deregulation ,
Environmental Assessments ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Review ,
Infrastructure ,
NEPA ,
Public Agencies ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Trump Administration
A Change in Methodology Will be Required Statewide July 1 -
Although a paradigm shift for analyzing transportation impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act has been approaching ever since Senate Bill 743...more
Telecommunications -
AB 1699 Telecommunications: mobile Internet service providers: first response agencies: emergencies -
Fire officials experienced a significant data transmission slowdown of their mobile emergency...more
1/13/2020
/ 911 Calls ,
Affordable Housing ,
Business Licenses ,
CEQA ,
Coastal Real Estate ,
Data Plan ,
Drinking Water ,
Electronic Data Transmissions ,
Emergency Response ,
Environmental Policies ,
Fire Departments ,
Groundwater ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Health and Safety ,
Homeless Issues ,
Infrastructure ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Marine Life Protections ,
NPDES ,
Power Outages ,
Public Agencies ,
Public Safety ,
Public Works ,
Real Estate Development ,
Reasonable Prevention Procedures ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Safe Drinking Water Act ,
State and Local Government ,
State Pilot Programs ,
Stormwater Discharge Permits ,
Telecommunications ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Vulnerable Victims ,
Wastewater ,
Water Management ,
Water Rights ,
Wildfires
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Annual Adjustments -
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced an increase in filing fees for all California Environmental Quality Act Notices of Determination...more
12/11/2019
/ CEQA ,
Construction Industry ,
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Review ,
Filing Fees ,
Notice of Determination (NODs) ,
Property Owners ,
Real Estate Development ,
State and Local Government ,
State Department of Fish and Wildlife ,
Urban Planning & Development
Union of Medical Marijuana Patients, Inc. v. City of San Diego -
In a long-awaited decision, the California Supreme Court held this week that whether an activity is a “project” subject to environmental review under the...more
8/22/2019
/ CA Supreme Court ,
CEQA ,
Dispensaries ,
Environmental Liability ,
Environmental Policies ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Municipalities ,
Public Agencies ,
Retail Market ,
State and Local Government ,
Zoning Laws
Businesses seeking discretionary approvals or development permits are often subject to the California Environmental Quality Act. CEQA, the state’s environmental protection law, requires California public agencies to analyze...more
Following several years of public involvement, the California Natural Resources Agency approved a Comprehensive Update to the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines....more
In a highly anticipated decision, the California Supreme Court found in Sierra Club v. County of Fresno that the environmental impact report was inadequate because it failed to sufficiently connect the project’s air quality...more
While California’s drought state-of-emergency has been lifted, legal battles aimed at limiting groundwater extractions linger....more
Changes to the California Environmental Quality Act are on the horizon.
According to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, the changes “consist of refinements and clarifications of existing requirements.” Several...more
Following several years of public involvement, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research has just issued comprehensive Proposed Updates to the CEQA Guidelines. In addition to proposing changes or additions to nearly 30...more
The scientific community largely accepts that the climate is changing, and that there is a “greater than 95 percent” chance that we are the cause. In late 2015, nations around the world gathered in Paris to attempt to combat...more
6/30/2017
/ Carbon Emissions ,
CEQA ,
Climate Change ,
Energy & Climate Debates ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paris Agreement ,
Trump Administration
Best Best & Krieger LLP environmental attorneys successfully defended a freeway infrastructure project in Riverside County from a series of challenges brought under the National Environmental Policy Act. Partners Michelle...more
Gov. Brown Expected to Sign Laws that Will Have CEQA Implications -
In the final days of its session, the California Legislature passed two climate change bills that expand existing laws aimed at reducing statewide...more
A team of BB&K attorneys, working pro bono, garnered headlines this week for case of first impression.
Best Best & Krieger LLP filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of two cities and 10 water agencies,...more
The proposed expansion of a Wal-Mart store into a Wal-Mart Supercenter in the City of Tuolumne, Calif. yielded a California Supreme Court decision that says city councils need not comply with CEQA before adopting a...more
Deadline for Comments is 5 p.m. on October 10 -
As mandated by 2013’s Senate Bill 743, the Office of Planning and Research has released its draft update to the State CEQA Guidelines. SB 743 requires OPR to update the...more
Understand the current state-of-the-law for setting baseline conditions for long-term projects under CEQA....more