RMM Enviro Blog

First District Court of Appeal Rules a County Board of Supervisors Did Not Need to Hear an Appeal of a Decision to Certify an EIR for Modifications to a Solid Waste Facility Permit Approved by the Local Enforcement Agency

No Wetlands Landfill Expansion v. County of Marin (2012) 204 Cal.App.4th 573             The First District Court of Appeal ruled that a County Board of Supervisors did not need to hear an appeal of a …

Sixth District Court of Appeal Upholds a City’s Economic Infeasibility Basis for Rejecting Alternatives Involving Retaining Ownership of a Mansion

The Flanders Foundation v. City of Carmel-by-the-Sea (2012) 202 Cal.App.4th 603 The Sixth District Court of Appeal ruled that, in a project involving restoration and sale of an historic mansion, the city had a sufficient …

Third District Court of Appeal Strikes Down Negative Declaration Prepared for a County’s Oak Woodland Fee Program

Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation v. County of El Dorado (2012) 202 Cal.App.4th 1156 The Third District Court of Appeal struck down negative declaration prepared for El Dorado County’s oak woodland fee program, rejecting the …