View the print-friendly version The California Land Use & Development Law Report Legal Commentary on Planning and Development We’ve posted articles to our California Land Use & Development Law Report on developments that we think will be of interest to you. Our report publishes articles on recent legal and policy developments in the field of land […]
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LEGAL UPDATE Walnut Creek 1331 N. California Blvd. Fifth Floor Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Phone: 925.935.9400 San Francisco 153 Townsend Street Suite 610 San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415.638.4800 Newport Beach 610 Newport Center Drive Suite 330 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: 949.719.2960 facebook twitter linkedin California Supreme Court Holds “CEQA-In-Reverse” Is Not The Norm, […]
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ENVIRONMENTAL U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Important Case Affecting Development in Wetlands A critical part of the permitting process for many development projects is obtaining federal and state wetland permits. The key wetland authorization is usually a Section 404 permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is a required Clean Water Act […]
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Interior-Environment: EPA Stays Level, Avoids WOTUS Rider By Ed Felker, CQ Roll Call Republicans largely backed down in their push to use the appropriations process to stop major environmental regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department in the $1.15 trillion fiscal 2016 omnibus spending bill announced late Tuesday, leaving out a […]
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Newsletter December 15, 2015 CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION FORCES CONSTITUTIONAL DILEMMA ON BEACHFRONT PROPERTY OWNERS For coastal homeowners, this year’s El Niño means heavy surf and greater-than-average rainfall, which, when combined, can wreak havoc upon beachfront properties. Although many homeowners sit protected behind adequate seawalls, others lie exposed, vulnerable to these winter storms. When the time […]
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CQ NEWS Dec. 14, 2015 – 4:44 p.m. EPA Broke Rules in Promoting Waters Rule, GAO Says By Jeremy Dillon, CQ Roll Call The EPA violated policy restrictions in the fiscal year 2014 and 2015 spending laws by using social media to promote its proposed Waters of the United States rule, according to the Government […]
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WATER POLICY: Court to decide small question with big impact on Obama rule Jeremy P. Jacobs and Tiffany Stecker, E&E reporters Published: Monday, December 7, 2015 A federal appeals court will grapple tomorrow with whether to review President Obama’s controversial rule defining the scope of the Clean Water Act. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati […]
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Don Sobelman 415.848.4824 Email Kathryn Oehlschlager 415.848.4820 Email Christian Marsh 415.848.4830 Email California Supreme Court Strictly Interprets State Fully Protected Species Statute and Finds Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Inadequate in Newhall Ranch EIR On Monday, the California Supreme Court issued its third opinion of 2015 interpreting the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). In […]
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LEGAL UPDATE Walnut Creek 1331 N. California Blvd. Fifth Floor Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Phone: 925.935.9400 San Francisco 153 Townsend Street Suite 610 San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415.638.4800 Newport Beach 610 Newport Center Drive Suite 330 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: 949.719.2960 facebook twitter linkedin Lost in […]
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Division Four of the First Appellate District in the Court of Appeal made a decision in the San Francisco Baykeeper versus California State Lands Commission case. The decision was certified for publication and filed on November 18, 2015. Click here to view the publication.
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