The California Supreme Court, on June 6, 2024, reversed the First District Court of Appeal’s decision regarding UC Berkeley’s Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) EIR. The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision clears the way for...more
7/26/2024
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California ,
CEQA ,
Colleges ,
Construction Project ,
Educational Institutions ,
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) ,
Excessive Noise ,
Housing Developers ,
Mootness ,
Student Housing ,
Universities
The California Supreme Court, on May 17, 2023, granted review of the First District Court of Appeal’s decision in Make UC a Good Neighbor v. Regents of University of California (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th 656, where the Court of...more
Every CEQA analysis begins with the threshold question of whether the activity is a “project” as defined by Public Resources Code section 21065 and 21080. In Union of Medical Marijuana Patients, Inc. v. City of San Diego, the...more
8/24/2019
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CEQA ,
Dispensaries ,
Environmental Liability ,
Environmental Policies ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Popular ,
Remand ,
State and Local Government ,
Zoning Laws
In a long-awaited decision, on December 24, 2018 the California Supreme Court in Sierra Club v. County of Fresno (S219783) affirmed, in part, and reversed, in part, the Fifth District Court of Appeal’s decision concerning a...more
1/2/2019
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Appeals ,
CA Supreme Court ,
CEQA ,
De Novo Standard of Review ,
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) ,
Judicial Review ,
Public Health ,
Question of Law ,
Real Estate Development ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Risk Mitigation