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- DOF Puts Post-Redevelopment Coal In Cities' Stockings
The holiday season continues to be a cruel time of year for California's redevelopment community. Last year, the state Supreme Court struck a blow on Dec. 29, allowing the state to abolish redevelopment agencies. And this year, on Dec. 18, the state Department of Finance denied funding to many of the 240 of the 400 successor agencies who had appealed earlier rejections.
- TRPA wins Tahoe plan update approval
A summary judgment ruling April 7 by U.S. District Judge John Mendez upheld the Tahoe Regional Plan Update, endorsing a new regulatory approach to protecting Lake Tahoe that emphasizes incentives for more centralized, better mitigated development. His decision helps to ratify a high-level accord that in 2011 and 2012 resolved political tensions between California and Nevada over shared governance of Lake Tahoe.
- Cal Supremes Wrestle With "CEQA In Reverse" Case
California's Supreme Court justices were picking doubtfully Wednesday morning at the famous "CEQA in reverse" argument -- a claim that the California Environmental Quality Act can require an environmental impact report (EIR) not only when a project may threaten the environment, but also when a project would draw users to a place with hazardous environmental conditions.
- Supreme Court Gives Enviros Big Victory on Newhall Ranch
California's Supreme Court broke the Newhall Land & Farming Company's long winning streak November 30 in a victory for environmental and community groups over the Newhall Ranch megadevelopment.
- MTC May Force Hostile Takeover Onto ABAG
If there's anything more confusing than one regional government bureaucracy, it's two regional government bureaucracies.
- OPR Revises SB 743 Guidance, Putting Thresholds in "Advisory" Category
A new set of recommendations for implementing SB 743 - which would require traffic analysis to be based on vehicle miles traveled -- proposes moving many proposed significance thresholds from the legally binding CEQA guidelines to a technical advisory memo. These recommendations also call for stricter thresholds on the so-called "regional averages" and provide simpler methodologies for dealing with safety issues. The thresholds of significance are important because they often trigger an environmental impact report.
- CP&DR Vol. 30 No. 1 January 2015 Report
by CP&DR Staff on January 27, 2015
- CP&DR Vol. 30 No. 3 March 2015 Report
by CP&DR Staff on March 26, 2015
- CP&DR Vol. 29 No. 9 September 2014 Report
by CP&DR Staff Vol. 29 No. 9 - September 2014
- CP&DR Vol. 29 No. 12 December 2014 Report
by CP&DR Staff Vol. 29 No. 12 - December 2014
- CP&DR Vol. 30 No. 2 February 2015 Report
by CP&DR Staff Vol. 30 No. 2 - February 2015
- CP&DR Vol. 29 No. 8 August 2014 Report
by CP&DR Staff Vol. 29 No. 8 - August 2014