by William Fulton on Jul 19, 2020
Ambassador Hotel, CEQA, NEPA, Trump
State-federal transportation and infrastructure projects likely won't be analyzed under federal law. But new rule could be reversed if Biden wins.
by Josh Stephens on Jun 29, 2020
CEQA, LOS, SB 743, Traffic, VMT
New traffic analysis mechanism finally takes effect this week.
by Wiliam Fulton on Jun 29, 2020
Berkeley, CEQA, UC Regents
UC Berkeley erred in adding five times as many students as EIR analyzed, court rules.
by William Fulton on Jun 15, 2020
CEQA, Climate Action Plans, San Diego County
Court rules that vague carbon offsets approach for new development violates CEQA and invalidate the Climate Action Plan.
by William Fulton on Jun 7, 2020
CEQA, Density Bonus, Housing
Most bills emphasize ministerial approval, thus providing an end-run around the CEQA process.
by William Fulton on May 21, 2020
CEQA, San Jose, Willow Glen
The state required San Jose to get a new streambed agreement for Willow Glen Trestle Bridge. That doesn't trigger additional environmental review.
by William Fulton on May 16, 2020
CEQA, EIRs, Mitigated Negative Declarations
In the last few years, exemptions have vastly outnumbered EIRs and mitigated negative declarations. Who needs CEQA reform?
by William Fulton & Josh Stephens on Apr 14, 2020
Budgets, CEQA, COVID, Housing, Municipal Finance
Bill Fulton and Josh Stephens discuss this week's planning news, including effects of COVID19 pandemic on housing production and planning departments' budgets >>read more
by William Fulton on Apr 13, 2020
Baseline, Carson, CEQA, Wilmington
In an oil refinery case, a split appellate court said using 98th percentile instead of "average" pollution is okay.
by William Fulton on Mar 21, 2020
Agoura Hills, CEQA, Mixed Use, Native Plants, Oak Trees
Project is surrounded by development. But MND didn't fly on native plant and oak tree issues.
