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California Supreme Court Rejects "New Project" Test In High Profile CEQA Suit

“Enough already!” Reading between the lines, this is what a seemingly exasperated California Supreme Court appears to be saying in its latest California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) decision?Friends of the College of...more

9/27/2016 / Appeals , CEQA , Community Colleges , Construction Project , De Novo Standard of Review , Environmental Impact Report (EIR) , Project Modification , Standard of Review , Substantial Evidence Standard

It’s Not Unusual: California Supreme Court Declines to Expand “Unusual Circumstances” Exception to CEQA Categorical Exemptions

In an important and highly anticipated decision under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the California Supreme Court overturned a Court of Appeal’s decision that would have severely limited public agencies’...more

3/8/2015 / Appeals , Berkeley Hillside v City of Berkeley , CA Supreme Court , Categorical Exemptions , CEQA , Environmental Impact Report (EIR) , Exemptions , Reversal

Take That! Second District Court of Appeal Clears Major Hurdles for Newhall Ranch Project, Provides Guidance on California’s...

California’s Second District Court of Appeal, Division Five, issued a decision on March 20 in Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Fish & Wildlife (Case No. BS131347), overturning the trial court’s decision...more

4/2/2014 / Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , Environmental Impact Report (EIR) , Environmental Policies , ESA Listings

They’re Back? First District Court of Appeal Paves the Way for Possible Reinstatement of Controversial Air Quality Thresholds

California’s First District Court of Appeal issued a decision on August 13 in California Building Industry Association v. Bay Area Air Quality Management District (“CBIA”) (Case No. A135335 (Cal. Ct. App. 1st, August 13,...more

8/20/2013 / Air Quality Standards , CEQA , Environmental Impact Report (EIR) , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Land Developers

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