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OPR Initiates Rulemaking Process for First Comprehensive Update to the CEQA Guidelines in Twenty Years, Affecting Several Areas of Analysis
On November 27, 2017, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) presented the California Natural Resources Agency with proposed amendments to the CEQA Guidelines. As Director Ken Alex noted in his transmittal letter, this …
Salmon Advocates Reel in Victory under CESA in Third District
In Central Coast Forest Association v. Fish and Game Commission ___ Cal.App.5th ___ (Case No. C060569) (Central Coast Association II), on remand from the Supreme Court, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled in favor …
Fourth District Court of Appeal Upholds Reliance on Mitigated Negative Declaration and Approval of Construction of School
The Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld the trial court’s decision denying a challenge to the City of San Diego’s approval of construction of a secondary school and associated adoption of a mitigated negative declaration. …