Miller Starr Regalia’s Land Use & CEQA Developments Monthly Update

February 5, 2018 by

Miller Starr Regalia’s

Land Use & CEQA Developments Monthly Update

January 2018

Land Use Developments

January 8, 2018 – Ambitious “Housing-First Policy” for “Transit-Rich Housing” Would Require Greater Density and Height for Housing Near Transit, Potentially Adding Millions of New Homes

 

January 31, 2018 – City of Oakland’s Building Code Appeal Process Violates State Law and Infringes Private Property Rights the State of California Has an Interest in Protecting

CEQA Developments

January 8, 2018 – The Past Year In CEQA Case Law: A Quick Look Back at 2017

 

January 12, 2018 – Second District Holds Melrose Triangle Project EIR’s Alternatives Analysis and Responses to Comments Comply with CEQA, Upholds City of West Hollywood’s Findings Rejecting Historic Building Preservation Alternative as Infeasible

 

January 16, 2018 – Fourth District Rejects CEQA Challenge To MND For Small Rural High School Project Based On Challenger’s Failure To Exhaust Available Administrative Appeal And On Merits

 

January 22, 2018 – First District Holds CEQA Exhaustion Requirements Don’t Apply to Attorney General, Upholds Adequacy of Most of EIR’s Analysis for BNSF Railyard Project Near Port of Los Angeles

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About the Authors

Bryan W. Wenter, AICP
Bryan W. Wenter is a shareholder in Miller Starr Regalia’s Walnut Creek office and a member of the firm’s Land Use Practice Group. His areas of expertise include general plans and specific plans, planned development zoning, vested rights, subdivision maps, development impact fees and exactions, conditional use permits, variances, initiatives and referenda, RLUIPA, CEQA, Ralph M. Brown Act, and Public Records Act. He previously served as City Attorney and Assistant City Attorney for the City of Walnut Creek.

Arthur F. Coon
Arthur F. Coon is the Co-Chair of Miller Starr Regalia’s Land Use Practice Group and Chair of its Appellate Practice Group. Art has distinguished himself over a nearly 30-year career as a top CEQA and land use law litigator at the trial and appellate levels of both federal and state courts, including an appearance as counsel of record before the U.S. Supreme Court. His areas of expertise include land use, environmental law, the law of public agencies, extraordinary writs, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

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