• Blog

Third District Upholds the Department of Water Resources’ Long-Term Extensions of State Water Project Contracts under CEQA, the Delta Reform Act, and the Public Trust Doctrine

• Veronika Morrison

• January 23, 2024

• Blog

SECOND DISTRICT HOLDS HOUSING PROJECT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR CLASS 32 IN-FILL EXEMPTION BECAUSE OF INCONSISTENCIES WITH GENERAL PLAN POLICIES

• Veronika Morrison

• July 31, 2023

• Blog

FIRST DISTRICT HOLDS LACK OF A LEGALLY COMPLIANT LAND USE DESIGNATION ALONE DOES NOT PRECLUDE AN AGENCY FROM DENYING A PROJECT FOR UNRELATED REASONS

• Veronika Morrison

• July 30, 2023

• Blog

FOURTH DISTRICT UPHOLDS CITY’S APPROVAL OF AN ADDENDUM TO A PROGRAM EIR FOR A RESIDENITAL HOUSING PROJECT

• Veronika Morrison

• July 29, 2023

• Blog

Administrative Appeal Does Not Toll CEQA’s Statute of Limitations Where the Administrative Appeal Process Does Not Cover CEQA Issues

• Veronika Morrison

• January 3, 2023

• Blog

SECOND DISTRICT HOLDS 90-DAY LIMITATIONS PERIOD FOR ACTIONS TO “ATTACK, REVIEW, SET ASIDE, VOID, OR ANNUL” LAND USE DECISIONS, RATHER THAN 4-YEAR PERIOD PROVIDED BY POLITICAL REFORM ACT, APPLIED TO ACTION CHALLENGING ALLEGEDLY CORRUPT PERMITTING DECISIONS

• Veronika Morrison

• December 28, 2022

• Blog

FIRST DISTRICT UPHOLDS LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT DETERMINATION FOR BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES BASED ON SURVEY THAT PREDATES THE NOP, AND ON PUBLIC SAFETY BASED ON CITY STAFF EXPERTISE

• Veronika Morrison

• December 22, 2022

• Blog

Third District Holds Bumble Bees are “fish” under the California Endangered Species Act, Can Be Listed as Endangered or Threatened Species

• Veronika Morrison

• June 15, 2022

• Blog

Third District Holds EIR’s Project Objectives Were Too Narrow and Recirculation Was Required Due to Increase in Significant and Unavoidable GHG Emissions

• Veronika Morrison

• May 30, 2022

• Blog

SECOND DISTRICT FINDS LOS ANGELES’S 15 PERCENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING SET-ASIDE INOPERATIVE

• Veronika Morrison

• May 15, 2022

• Blog

First District Holds Petitioner Exhausted Its Remedies by Raising General Objections That the Project Site Should Be Preserved as Open Space, Finds “No Project” Alternative Analysis Defective

• Veronika Morrison

• April 15, 2022

• Blog

Second District Holds That Labor Union’s Interest in CEQA Action Was Not Sufficiently Direct and Immediate for Permissive Intervention

• Veronika Morrison

• November 12, 2021

• Blog

Third District Holds Order Requiring a Limited EIR Is Not an Appropriate Remedy Where a Project May Have Significant Impacts

• Veronika Morrison

• November 12, 2021

• Blog

Fourth District Court of Appeal Upholds Denial of Anti-SLAPP Motion to Strike Malicious Prosecution Claim in CEQA Lawsuit with Respect to Defendants, but Not Their Attorneys

• Veronika Morrison

• June 14, 2021

• Blog

SB 7 – Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021

• Veronika Morrison

• June 14, 2021

• Blog

First District Court of Appeal Reverses Denial of Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Project’s Ministerial Approval Under Government Code Section 65913.4

• Veronika Morrison

• June 14, 2021

• Blog

Third District Court of Appeal Holds That a Responsible Agency’s Decision to Prepare a Supplemental EIR Does Not Require It to Step in as a Lead Agency

• Veronika Morrison

• June 11, 2021

• Blog

First District Court of Appeal Rejects CEQA Claims for Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies and Finds General Plan Arguments Not a CEQA Issue

• Veronika Morrison

• May 7, 2021

• Blog

More California Cities Eliminate Parking Minimums to Promote Low Carbon Transportation and Affordable Housing

• Veronika Morrison

• May 7, 2021