Farmland Protection Alliance v. County of Yolo Save the Field v. Del Mar Union School District Two recent appellate decisions tackle the question of how a CEQA lead agency may construct an EIR following a successful challenge to a prior negative decl…
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Tiburon Open Space Committee v. County of Marin (2022) 78 Cal.App.5th 700 In a contentious development case, the first appellate district recently held that a lead agency properly limited the scope of its CEQA review to recognize prior judgments whic…
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On April 12th, 2022, the City of Fontana passed Ordinance 1891 (“Ordinance”). The Ordinance implemented new-wave environmental justice policies for industrial commerce centers, and although its reach is limited to Fontana alone, its terms give a…
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We Advocate, etc. v. County of Siskiyou 2022 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 2349 CEQA requires an EIR to be recirculated for public review if “significant new information” is added between the time that a draft EIR is released to the public and the time…
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In Protect Tustin Ranch v. City of Tustin (G059709), an unpublished opinion, the Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld the use of CEQA’s infill exemption to approve a Conditional Use Permit (“CUP”) for the demolition of a structure and constru…
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The First District Court of Appeal recently held that the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) does not prevent responsible agencies from imposing mitigation requirements that are more stringent than those identified in a certified Envir…
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May 2020 On April 2, 2020, the Court of Appeal affirmed that CEQA’s accelerated statute of limitations on court challenges apply, regardless of whether the agency lacked authority to approve the project or make the CEQA determination in the first i…
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April 2020 On April 22, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-54-20, which modifies the requirements for posting certain notices under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and lengthens the timeframe for tribal consultation. The E…
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Communities for a Better Environment v. South Coast Air Quality Management District 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 285 April 15, 2020 California’s Second Appellate District, in a well-written opinion, held that a CEQA baseline for a refinery was properly mea…
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March 2020 On July 1, 2020, new guidelines will go into effect marking a fundamental shift in how transportation impacts are analyzed under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). The new guidelines, adopted at 14 CCR § 15063.4, will…
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