Exemption for historic landmarks could limit law's use in exactly the locations where housing should be built. >>read more

It's a policy document that accommodates growth rather than inducing it, appellate court says. >>read more

Appellate Court gives green light to complete half-built project after rejecting plaintiff's CEQA arguments. >>read more

Objections to townhome project were not just opinion, appellate court rules -- thus opening the way for an environmental impact report. >>read more

In a blow to enviromentalists, appellate court says groundwater supply issues must be dealt with under state groundwater act, not well permits designed to deal with water quality. >>read more

But Broad Beach contract with Moorpark on sand-hauling routes is not subject to CEQA. >>read more

Santa Rosa neighbors lose case after appellate court rejects their "nonexpert" analysis. >>read more

Appellate court gives Covina a victory on infill development -- and deals another loss to Cory Briggs. >>read more

In the latest urban decay case, an appellate court reinforces an earlier ruling to say that substantial evidence must involved more than merely an expert's "conjecture" >>read more