Jan 4, 2016
In California Building Industry Association v. Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the California Supreme Court unanimously held that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) does not require a public agency to consider the impact of existing...
Dec 21, 2015
On December 18, President Obama signed into law H.R. 2029, a $1.1 trillion spending bill which contained a $680 billion tax package. Click here to read more.
Dec 18, 2015
Today the California Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion holding that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) does not require a public agency to consider the impact of existing environmental conditions on future project users except in limited...
Dec 9, 2015
The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (“OPR”) is comprehensively updating state general plan guidelines for the first time since 2003. General plans, often referred to as the local constitutions for development, are generally composed of...
Dec 5, 2015
In Center for Biological Diversity v. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (“DFW”), the California Supreme Court found that a 2010 environmental impact report (“EIR”) prepared by DFW for a large-scale new town called Newhall Ranch failed to comply...
Nov 24, 2015
SB 107, once more, requires Successor Agency staff and others involved in the unwind of dissolved redevelopment agencies to learn and implement significant changes to the dissolution process. The attached memorandum identifies the key elements of the legislation and...
