Enviros' argument that sea-level rise should be considered in EIR also rejected by appellate court. >>read more

A lifetime urban dweller, Donald Trump was an anti-city president. Biden is a lifelong Amtrak rider -- and California urban planning is likely to change with him at the helm. >>read more

But California backstop will maintain expansive definition of wetlands in the state. >>read more

Also: Statute of limitations on the Mitigation Fee Act, a request to depublish the Millenium Hollywood case, and the U.S. Supreme decline to hear a takings case from Massachusetts involving a local wetlands ordinance. >>read more

How the Supreme Court nominee interprets the Endangered Species Act is likely to have a profound impact on land-use patterns in California. >>read more

Planners thought strategy to protecting wetlands and promoting development was good enough -- but enviros thought otherwise. >>read more

The Supreme Court nominee takes a narrow view of administrative agencies' power -- but is likely to apply that view in a nonpartisan way. >>read more

His WOTUS executive order instructs federal agencies to ignore Kennedy's deciding vote on wetlands regulation. >>read more 

End of signature Obama policy could put more pressure on California state environmental laws. >>read more

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling gives property owners the ability to challenge the Army Corps' "jurisdictional determination" of wetlandsbefore seeking a permit. >>read more