In a high-profile CEQA case involving renovation of the State Capitol grounds, the Third District Court
In Limited Circumstances an EIR’s Alternatives Analysis Can Be Confined to the No Project Alternative
In Save Our Access v Watershed Conservation Authority, 68 Cal. App. 5th 8 (2021), plaintiff Save Our Access challenged the EIR certified by the Watershed Conservation Authority for a project to improve a recreation area within the Angeles National Forest. The project was designed to restore natural resources damaged by heavy recreational use, upgrade
Failure to Identify Preferred Alternative Dooms EIR
A draft EIR that studies five very different project alternatives without identifying a preferred alternative violates CEQA by failing to provide the public with a stable project to review, the court of appeal held in Washoe Meadows Community v. Department of Parks and Recreation, No. A145576 (1st Dist., Nov. 15, 2017).
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