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FOURTH DISTRICT HOLDS SUPPLEMENTAL EIR MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PROPOSED OFFICE COMPLEX BECAUSE GHG EMISSIONS WERE NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF EARLIER PROGRAM EIR; DUE TO UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES, PROJECT DID NOT QUALIFY FOR INFILL EXEMPTION

  • Laura Harris
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THIRD DISTRICT HOLDS CAPITOL BUILDING ANNEX EIR FAILED TO ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE ANNEX DESIGN, ANALYZE IMPACTS TO HISTORIC CAPITOL BUILDING, AND CONSIDER REASONABLE PROJECT ALTERNATIVES

  • Laura Harris
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THIRD DISTRICT OVERTURNS DENIAL OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES MOTION UNDER “CATALYST” THEORY, HOLDS TRIAL COURT MUST CONSIDER WHETHER PLAINTIFFS’ LAWSUITS WERE A SUBSTANTIAL FACTOR IN GOVERNOR’S DECISION NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH “WATERFIX” PROJECT

  • Laura Harris
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Fourth District Upholds City of Tustin’s Reliance on CEQA’s Infill Exemption for a Costco Gas Station and Parking Lot

  • Laura Harris
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In a Procedurally-Dense Opinion, First District Court of Appeal Clarifies that Real Parties in CEQA Cases Are Not Always Indispensable Parties

  • Laura Harris
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First District Holds City of San Mateo’s Denial of an Application for a Multifamily Building Violated California’s Housing Accountability Act

  • Laura Harris
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Fourth District Court of Appeal upholds determination that one group of utilities undergrounding projects is exempt from CEQA because of petitioner’s failure to exhaust, but remands for further consideration of GHG impacts from second group of utilities undergrounding projects

  • Laura Harris
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COURT HOLDS DENSITY BONUS LAW PROHIBITS CITIES AND COUNTIES FROM REQUIRING PROOF THAT PROJECTS WILL BE “ECONOMICALLY” INFEASIBLE WITHOUT REQUESTED CONCESSIONS AND WAIVERS

  • Laura Harris
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California Supreme Court Holds that Stanislaus County Well Permits Are Not Categorically Ministerial

  • Laura Harris
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In First Opinion Addressing a Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment, the Third District Upholds the City of Sacramento’s Approval of an Infill Project

  • Laura Harris
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The Fourth District Court of Appeal Rejects Community Service District’s Attempt to Exempt Itself from City’s Zoning Ordinance

  • Laura Harris
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Second District Upholds City of Los Angeles’ Determination That EIR Not Required to Assess Population or Housing Impacts for Hotel Project on Site of Vacant Former Apartment Building

  • Laura Harris
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The First District Court of Appeal Finds That Possible Earthquake or Landslide Zone Is Not an “Environmental Resource” Under Location Exception to Categorical Exemptions

  • Laura Harris
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The Fourth District Court of Appeal Rejects Challenges to Amended Lease Agreement for San Diego Amusement Park

  • Laura Harris
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The First District Court of Appeal Affirmed a Judgment Holding that CEQA Review Was Not Required for a Multifamily Residential Project Subject Only to Design Review

  • Laura Harris
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The First District Court of Appeal Affirmed a Judgment Holding that CEQA Review Was Not Required for a Multifamily Residential Project Subject Only to Design Review

  • Laura Harris
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First District Finds CEQA Claim Timely Filed in Case Challenging Approval of Tree Removal

  • Laura Harris
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Second District Upholds Award for Costs Incurred by Agency in Taking Over Preparation of Administrative Record from Petitioner

  • Laura Harris
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Second District Holds that Well Construction Permit is a Ministerial Act, Exempt from CEQA

  • Laura Harris
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Second District Court of Appeal Applies Broad Definition of “Project” and Upholds Determination that Settlement Agreement Exempt as Part of Beach Restoration Project

  • Laura Harris
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Eastern District of California Upholds Biological Opinion for Yuba River Dams Against Federal Endangered Species Act Challenge

  • Laura Harris
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Second District Finds for Respondents on All Counts, Upholding EIR for “Iconic Gateway” Project in West Hollywood

  • Laura Harris
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2017 CEQA Case Law: The Year in Review

  • Laura Harris
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Second District Upholds Limited Writ in Second Newhall Ranch Appeal

  • Laura Harris
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On Remand, Fourth District Determines that Case Challenging SANDAG’s RTP Is Not Mooted by Later EIR and Resolves CEQA Issues on the Merits

  • Laura Harris
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Fourth District Rejects Challenge to the City of Huntington Beach’s Housing Element, Applying Charter City Exemption

  • Laura Harris
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First Circuit Finds Environmental Review Under Certified Regulatory Program Inadequate

  • Laura Harris
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Streamlined Yet Underutilized: CEQA’s Class 32 Urban Infill Exemption

  • Laura Harris
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Air District Board’s Tie Vote on Authority to Construct Permit Is Effectively a Decision Not to Revoke It, Which Is Reviewable for Prejudicial Abuse of Discretion

  • Laura Harris
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City’s Decision to Deny Mitigated Negative Declaration Upheld For Small San Diego Subdivision

  • Laura Harris
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Use It or Lose It? CEQA’s Bicycle Transportation Exemptions and Legislative Efforts to Preserve Them

  • Laura Harris
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First District Applies Fair Argument Standard of Review to Addendum to Negative Declaration on Remand from Supreme Court in Friends of the College of San Mateo Gardens

  • Laura Harris
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First District Rules That Issuing Erosion-Control Permit Under Sonoma County Ordinance Was Ministerial Act Exempt From CEQA

  • Laura Harris
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Fifth District Rules CARB Acted in Bad Faith in Selecting Baseline for Analysis of Low Carbon Fuel Standards Regulations

  • Laura Harris
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Fourth District Upholds EIR for Master-Planned Community and Concludes That County Not Required to Recirculate

  • Laura Harris
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