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THIRD DISTRICT UPHOLDS CONSTITUTIONALITY OF INCREASED HOUSING DENSITY LEGISLATION (SB 10)
Chris Stiles
July 10, 2024
In AIDS Healthcare Foundation v. Bonta (2024) 101 Cal.App.5th 73, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment that Senate Bill 10 (SB 10), which allows local legislative bod...
FIRST DISTRICT HOLDS COMPLETION OF PROJECT DID NOT MOOT CEQA CLAIM; GOVERNMENTAL INACTION MAY GIVE RISE TO CEQA VIOLATION
Chris Stiles
July 10, 2024
In Vichy Springs Resort, Inc. v. City of Ukiah (2024) 101 Cal.App.5th 46, the First District Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s judgment sustaining a demurrer to claims that a project to demol...
Environmental Organizations and Air District Secure Remand on Scope of CEQA Remedy in Case Challenging the Port of Los Angeles’ Air Pollution Mitigation Measures
Chris Stiles
February 26, 2024
In an opinion filed December 29, 2023, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled that the San Diego County Superior Court too narrowly interpreted CEQA’s remedy statute (Public Resources Code section...
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FINDS CEQA PETITION BARRED BY STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
Chris Stiles
February 3, 2024
In Delia Guerrero v. City of Los Angeles (2024) ___ Cal.App.5th ___, the Second District Court of Appeal reversed the trial court, finding the petition for writ of mandate untimely under CEQA. Backgro...
SIXTH DISTRICT HOLDS SPECIFIC PLAN EIR WAS NOT REQUIRED TO ANALYZE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ARISING FROM EXPANSION OF EXISTING SCHOOL FACILITIES
Chris Stiles
February 2, 2024
In Santa Rita Union School Dist. v. City of Salinas (2023) 94 Cal.App.5th 298, the Sixth District Court of Appeal found indirect impacts resulting from inadequate funding to construct new schools incl...
First District Court of Appeal Upholds University of California’s EIR for Development at UC San Francisco’s Parnassus Heights Campus
Louisa Rogers
January 24, 2024
In Yerba Buena Neighborhood Consortium, LLC v. Regents of the University of California (2023) 95 Cal.App.5th 779, the First District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment upholding the U...
The Latest
THIRD DISTRICT UPHOLDS CONSTITUTIONALITY OF INCREASED HOUSING DENSITY LEGISLATION (SB 10)
Chris Stiles
July 10, 2024
In AIDS Healthcare Foundation v. Bonta (2024) 101 Cal.App.5th 73, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment that Senate Bill 10 (SB 10), which allows local legislative bod...
FIRST DISTRICT HOLDS COMPLETION OF PROJECT DID NOT MOOT CEQA CLAIM; GOVERNMENTAL INACTION MAY GIVE RISE TO CEQA VIOLATION
Chris Stiles
July 10, 2024
In Vichy Springs Resort, Inc. v. City of Ukiah (2024) 101 Cal.App.5th 46, the First District Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s judgment sustaining a demurrer to claims that a project to demol...
Environmental Organizations and Air District Secure Remand on Scope of CEQA Remedy in Case Challenging the Port of Los Angeles’ Air Pollution Mitigation Measures
Chris Stiles
February 26, 2024
In an opinion filed December 29, 2023, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled that the San Diego County Superior Court too narrowly interpreted CEQA’s remedy statute (Public Resources Code section...
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FINDS CEQA PETITION BARRED BY STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
Chris Stiles
February 3, 2024
In Delia Guerrero v. City of Los Angeles (2024) ___ Cal.App.5th ___, the Second District Court of Appeal reversed the trial court, finding the petition for writ of mandate untimely under CEQA. Backgro...
SIXTH DISTRICT HOLDS SPECIFIC PLAN EIR WAS NOT REQUIRED TO ANALYZE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ARISING FROM EXPANSION OF EXISTING SCHOOL FACILITIES
Chris Stiles
February 2, 2024
In Santa Rita Union School Dist. v. City of Salinas (2023) 94 Cal.App.5th 298, the Sixth District Court of Appeal found indirect impacts resulting from inadequate funding to construct new schools incl...
First District Court of Appeal Upholds University of California’s EIR for Development at UC San Francisco’s Parnassus Heights Campus
Louisa Rogers
January 24, 2024
In Yerba Buena Neighborhood Consortium, LLC v. Regents of the University of California (2023) 95 Cal.App.5th 779, the First District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment upholding the U...