A CEQA case from Yolo County forces an EIR, while an unpublished case from San Benito County says a developer owes fees.

Tustin residents are trying to kill a 16-pump Costco gas station by challenging the CEQA infill exemption the city used. So far they've gotten nowhere.

In ruling on San Gabriel Mountains case, justice says repeatedly: “It is not the project’s ‘impacts on parking’ that matter; it is the impact of the project’s reduced parking on the environment that matters.”

In ruling about new building, trial judge says UC can't "analyze an increase in student enrollment without admitting that increasing student enrollment is a project subject to review."

Appellate court strikes down CEQA challenge on bridge project, saying the impact of wildfire safety issues on the project isn't a topic of analysis.

Methodological differences are not CEQA issues, court rules.

... There's no remedy in the law when a lead agency fails to notify an interested party, even though it's against the law. >>read more

Also on the legislative docket: Bills to restrict development in wildfire areas.

The law has proven stubbornly resistant to reform. But cities and other lead agencies are learning how to end-run the whole process.