A leading law firm focusing on California environmental and land use law
A leading law firm focusing on California environmental and land use law
A leading law firm focusing on California environmental and land use law
A leading law firm focusing on California environmental and land use law
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RMM Attorneys to Speak at AEP Advanced CEQA Workshop
Christina Berglund
February 3, 2026
We’re pleased to share that two of our attorneys will be speaking at the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) Advanced CEQA Workshop on February 27. • Nathan George will speak at the Super...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DELAYS MONARCH BUTTERFLY LISTING AND OTHER ENDANGERED SPECIES DECISIONS
Christina Berglund
January 30, 2026
Despite concern over the monarch butterfly’s population decline, the U.S. Department of the Interior has delayed—indefinitely—the decision to list the species as threatened under the Endangered Specie...
FOURTH DISTRICT HOLDS THAT THE BOARD OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION MUST CONSIDER TYPE CONVERSION IMPACTS IN PROGRAM EIR
Christina Berglund
January 27, 2026
In an unpublished decision, California Chaparral Institute v. Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (May 30, 2025, No. D083484), the Court of Appeal for the Fourth District, Division One, held that th...
CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADVANCES BALLOT INITIATIVE AIMED AT STREAMLINING CEQA FOR “ESSENTIAL PROJECTS”
Christina Berglund
January 22, 2026
On December 26, 2025, the California Chamber of Commerce (“CalChamber”) received title and summary for a statewide CEQA initiative titled “Building an Affordable California” (“BACA”), which wou...
California Legislature Relaxes CEQA Review for Transit-Oriented Housing Projects and Oil Drilling in Kern County
Chris Stiles
October 15, 2025
SB 79 SB 79 is intended to facilitate new high density housing developments near transit stops in an effort address the state’s housing shortages, reduce transportation costs and traffic congestion, a...
Fifth District Strikes Down SWRCB’s New Whole Effluent Toxicity Test as Applied to Federal Clean Water Act Permitting, But Upholds Toxicity Provisions’ Under CEQA and Porter-Cologne
Chris Stiles
October 15, 2025
In Camarillo Sanitary District v. State Water Resources Control Board (2025) 113 Cal.App.5th 407, the Fifth District Court of Appeal held that the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB’s) new e...
The Latest
RMM Attorneys to Speak at AEP Advanced CEQA Workshop
Christina Berglund
February 3, 2026
We’re pleased to share that two of our attorneys will be speaking at the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) Advanced CEQA Workshop on February 27. • Nathan George will speak at the Super...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DELAYS MONARCH BUTTERFLY LISTING AND OTHER ENDANGERED SPECIES DECISIONS
Christina Berglund
January 30, 2026
Despite concern over the monarch butterfly’s population decline, the U.S. Department of the Interior has delayed—indefinitely—the decision to list the species as threatened under the Endangered Specie...
FOURTH DISTRICT HOLDS THAT THE BOARD OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION MUST CONSIDER TYPE CONVERSION IMPACTS IN PROGRAM EIR
Christina Berglund
January 27, 2026
In an unpublished decision, California Chaparral Institute v. Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (May 30, 2025, No. D083484), the Court of Appeal for the Fourth District, Division One, held that th...
CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADVANCES BALLOT INITIATIVE AIMED AT STREAMLINING CEQA FOR “ESSENTIAL PROJECTS”
Christina Berglund
January 22, 2026
On December 26, 2025, the California Chamber of Commerce (“CalChamber”) received title and summary for a statewide CEQA initiative titled “Building an Affordable California” (“BACA”), which wou...
California Legislature Relaxes CEQA Review for Transit-Oriented Housing Projects and Oil Drilling in Kern County
Chris Stiles
October 15, 2025
SB 79 SB 79 is intended to facilitate new high density housing developments near transit stops in an effort address the state’s housing shortages, reduce transportation costs and traffic congestion, a...
Fifth District Strikes Down SWRCB’s New Whole Effluent Toxicity Test as Applied to Federal Clean Water Act Permitting, But Upholds Toxicity Provisions’ Under CEQA and Porter-Cologne
Chris Stiles
October 15, 2025
In Camarillo Sanitary District v. State Water Resources Control Board (2025) 113 Cal.App.5th 407, the Fifth District Court of Appeal held that the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB’s) new e...


























