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Attorney Fee Award Depends on Pecuinary Interests, Even for Public Agencies
Attorney Fee Award Depends on Pecuinary Interests, Even for Public Agencies

by Glen C. Hansen, Abbott & Kindermann, LLP, Sacramento, CA on Nov 1, 2012

California Environmental Quality Act, Los Angeles County, School and university planning, Vol. 27 No. 10, October 2012

When deciding whether to award a public litigant its attorneys' fees against another public entity under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5, the trial court may only consider the public litigant's "pecuniary interests and the pecuniary interests of its constituents" in determining the third requirement of that statute.  The court may not consider the nonpecuniary motives of the public litigant in bringing the lawsuit. >>read more

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Impact of Campus Expansion on Fire, Safety Not Considered Under CEQA
Impact of Campus Expansion on Fire, Safety Not Considered Under CEQA

by By William W. Abbott, Abbott & Kindermann, LLP, Sacramento on Oct 7, 2012

Alameda County, California Environmental Quality Act, School and university planning, Vol. 27 No. 9, September 2012

California State University East Bay undertook a dual-purpose environmental impact report for its campus master plan and two construction projects, meant to enable the campus to grow from roughly 12,000 to 18,000 students in the next 30 years. The construction projects consisted of a housing complex and a parking structure. The EIR included alternatives at both the master plan and construction project level. >>read more

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Campus Traffic Plan Rankles San Diego Local Officials, Requires New EIR
Campus Traffic Plan Rankles San Diego Local Officials, Requires New EIR

by William W. Abbott, Abbott & Kindermann, LLP, Sacramento. on May 24, 2012

California Environmental Quality Act, Legal Digest, School and university planning, Vol. 27, No. 5 May 2012

The trials of Sisyphus are apt metaphors for that moment in the California Environmental Quality Act review process wherein parties believe they have reached the summit but in fact discover themselves at the bottom of the hill, only to repeat their past efforts.

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Clever Project Develops School, Housing Together
Clever Project Develops School, Housing Together

Jul 1, 2009

Los Angeles County, Morris Newman, Places, School and university planning, Vol. 24 No. 07 Jul 2009 - 1

A working-class neighborhood north of downtown L.A. is slated for a development project unlike any other previously built in the state: A combination of housing and a public school on a shared site. Set to start construction this winter, the Glassell Park project is being built jointly by Los Angeles Unified School District and Abode Communities, the nonprofit homebuilder formerly known as Los Angeles Design Center.
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Trial Court Told to Reconsider Injuction Against LAUSD Project
Trial Court Told to Reconsider Injuction Against LAUSD Project

Apr 4, 2008

CP&DR Staff, Legal Digest, Los Angeles County, School and university planning, Vol. 23 No. 04 Apr 2008

The Second District Court of Appeal has ruled that a lower court erroneously rejected an injunction requested by a community group that is seeking to prevent construction of a new school in Los Angeles's Echo Park area.
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No More Nasty Ol' Portables - Schools Adopt New Standards
No More Nasty Ol' Portables - Schools Adopt New Standards

Dec 28, 2007

California, Paul Shigley, Public Development, School and university planning, Vol. 23 No. 01 Jan 2008

State bond money and local tax dollars are flowing into new school construction at record rates, and school officials are learning that a "green" campus is both better for students and teachers and is less expensive to operate.

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Legislative Analyst Questions UC's Long-Range Planning Process
Legislative Analyst Questions UC's Long-Range Planning Process

by Paul Shigley on Feb 1, 2007

Public Development, School and university planning

Some of the most intense growth battles of the last 20 years have involved development of classrooms, laboratories, housing and other facilities by the University of California (UC). Local government representatives and residents in Davis, Berkeley, Santa Barbara County and elsewhere have complained that UC shoves development down their throats without considering local impacts or desires. >>read more

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