Appellate court says property owner has "private right of action" in the case of permitting delays.

But appellate criticizes CalGEM for mixing exemption with initial study.

In a case from Laguna Beach, an appellate court overruled a trial judge and said the city's calculation of a parcel's slope is binding.

A recent appellate case declaring that a lot-line adjustment was not ministerial has been published, meaning it can now be used as precedent in other cases.

An appellate court has upheld San Francisco’s decision to use streamlined environmental review for a proposed housing project that incorporates an historic library, essentially upholding the city’s use of tiering off of its housing element environmental impact report. The ruling is unpublished and therefore cannot be used as precedent in other cases.

In a complicated but unpublished ruling, an appellate court overturned a Santa Cruz judge's decision.

The battle over redevelopment of the Sunset Magazine headquarters in Menlo Pack has reached fever pitch, with the city refusing to back down in its resistance to the project and the developer filing a lawsuit asking that the city be hit with at least $6.6 million in fines.

The move means that a ruling requiring CEQA analysis on the removal of each indnividual historic resoruce may now be used as precedent in future court cases.

In a case from Menifee, an appellate court rules that a project's sound wall was a mitigation and therefore the Class 32 exemption can't be applied.

Prohousing lawyers file lawsuits against SANDAG and the cities of San Diego, San Francisco, and Montebello

In case from Los Gatos, appellate court says acceptance of land dedication is discretionary -- meaning the lot -ine adjustment is subject to CEQA

Appellate court says Laguna Beach can't remove inventory without examining each individual historic property under CEQA