by William Fulton on Nov 29, 2020
CEQA, Fresno County
In followup to 2018 Cal Supremes ruling, appellate court rejects "partial decertification" of EIR.
by Sarah Klearman on Sep 26, 2020
CEQA, Housing, Lafayette, YIMBY
Terraces Of Lafayette, featuring in Golden Gates, moves forward at final SB 330 council meeting, but opponents have filed a new CEQA lawsuit.
by William Fulton on Sep 20, 2020
CEQA, Conditional Use Permit, Granite Bay, Mootness, Placer County
Among other things, the neighbors didn't seek to stop construction until the project was almost built.
by William Fulton on Sep 1, 2020
CEQA, Housing, Legislation
SB 1120, the duplex bill, almost passed but ran out of time. None of the five bills proposed last spring by Senate leader Toni Atkins made it to the governor.
by William Fulton on Aug 30, 2020
CEQA, Stanislaus County, Wells
It depends on which standards are in play in a particular situation, the California Supreme Court rules in a case from Stanislaus County.
by William Fulton on Aug 23, 2020
CEQA, Housing, Legislation, Specific Plans, Wiener
SB 1120, which would ease duplex zoning and lot splits, is the most important land use/housing bill still likely to pass.
by William Fulton on Jul 19, 2020
Ambassador Hotel, CEQA, NEPA, Trump
State-federal transportation and infrastructure projects likely won't be analyzed under federal law. But new rule could be reversed if Biden wins.
by Josh Stephens on Jun 29, 2020
CEQA, LOS, SB 743, Traffic, VMT
New traffic analysis mechanism finally takes effect this week.
by Wiliam Fulton on Jun 29, 2020
Berkeley, CEQA, UC Regents
UC Berkeley erred in adding five times as many students as EIR analyzed, court rules.
by William Fulton on Jun 15, 2020
CEQA, Climate Action Plans, San Diego County
Court rules that vague carbon offsets approach for new development violates CEQA and invalidate the Climate Action Plan.