RMM’s partners are pleased to welcome new associate Deb Kollars to our team. Deb is a 2012 graduate of McGeorge School of Law. Prior to attending law school, Deb had a successful career as a journalist, earning several state and national awards for her reporting as a senior writer for the Sacramento Bee.

In a decision published on May 21, 2013, the First District Court of Appeal reversed a Marin County Superior Court ruling and upheld an EIR prepared by Marin Municipal Water District for a new desalination facility to be located in San Rafael on San Pablo Bay.  North Coast Rivers Alliance challenged the EIR on a wide range of issues.  The trial court upheld the EIR on some grounds, and rejected it on others.  MMWD appealed the trial court’s ruling.  The Court of Appeal reversed on appeal, and rejected all of NCRA’s claims.  In particular, the Court of Appeal upheld the EIR’s analysis of aesthetics, land use and planning consistency, seismic safety, hydrology and water quality, biological resources, and greenhouse gas emissions.  The Court also ruled that MMWD was not required to recirculate the Draft EIR.  RMM partner Whit Manley, together with former RMM associate Chris Butcher (now with the Thomas Law Group in Sacramento), represented MMWD during the administrative process and throughout the litigation. (North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Marin Municipal Water District, Case No. A133821.)

On December 14, 2012, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Teri Jackson issued her ruling on pending litigation challenging the Environmental Impact Report prepared for a plan to redevelop Treasure Island.  Judge Jackson ruled the City of San Francisco had complied with CEQA in certifying the EIR and approving the plan.  The plan, approved by the Board of Supervisors in June 2011, calls for 8,000 residential units, commercial and office uses, and roughly 300 acres of open space.  The lawsuit raised a wide range of claims regarding the EIR.  Judge Jackson rejected these claims and denied the petition.  RMM partners Whit Manley and Chip Wilkins and Senior Associate Jennifer Holman represented Treasure Island Community Development, the developer who worked with the City to formulate the plan.

On December 14, 2011, the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for the Lancaster Landfill and Recycling Center Project. The project allows for an increase in the acceptance of municipal solid waste for disposal at the LLRC, and for an increase in green and wood waste recycling operations. The project approval also allows for the continued operation of a Reclaimable Anaerobic Composter research and development project approved by the Local Enforcement Agency and CalRecycle as a composting facility in November 2009. The applicant, Waste Management of California, Inc. and the LLRC, were represented before the County by Andrea Leisy and Amanda Berlin.

RMM congratulates Jim Moose, Whit Manley, and Sabrina Teller on being listed in the 2013 Northern California Super Lawyers magazine.  Amanda Berlin and Laura Harris were also included in the Rising Stars section.  The selection process is based on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement and includes the top five percent of attorneys in their practice areas.

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