Legal Commentary on Planning and Development
A Summary Of Published Appellate Opinions Under The California Environmental Quality Act
In 2016, the California appellate courts issued published opinions in 21 CEQA cases. In several of those opinions, including a ground-breaking decision by the California Supreme Court, the courts grappled with limits on the scope of required environmental review for a subsequent project…
A Summary of Published Appellate Opinions Under the California Environmental Quality Act
In 2015, the California appellate courts continued to chart new ground as they grappled with some of CEQA’s most difficult and controversial questions. The Supreme Court of California led the way, issuing four opinions on hotly contested issues. For the first time, the…
A Summary of Published Appellate Opinions Under CEQA
By Stephen Kostka, Julie Jones, Barbara Schussman, Alan Murphy, Ned Washburn, Laura Zagar, Kathryn Bilder, Christopher Chou and Marie Cooper
In 2014, courts, regulators and public agencies continued to struggle with the relationship between CEQA and California’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Courts of appeal held…
A Summary of Published Appellate Opinions Under CEQA By Steve Kostka, Barbara Schussman, Julie Jones, Marc Bruner & Christopher Tom
The CEQA cases published in 2013 continued to reflect a recognition that CEQA does not require perfection, but rather a reasonable effort to provide useful environmental information — a trend that continued from the…
