The law has proven stubbornly resistant to reform. But cities and other lead agencies are learning how to end-run the whole process. >>read more

In followup to 2018 Cal Supremes ruling, appellate court rejects "partial decertification" of EIR. >>read more

Terraces Of Lafayette, featuring in Golden Gates, moves forward at final SB 330 council meeting, but opponents have filed a new CEQA lawsuit. >>read more

Among other things, the neighbors didn't seek to stop construction until the project was almost built. >>read more

SB 1120, the duplex bill, almost passed but ran out of time. None of the five bills proposed last spring by Senate leader Toni Atkins made it to the governor. >>read more

It depends on which standards are in play in a particular situation, the California Supreme Court rules in a case from Stanislaus County. >>read more

SB 1120, which would ease duplex zoning and lot splits, is the most important land use/housing bill still likely to pass. >>read more

State-federal transportation and infrastructure projects likely won't be analyzed under federal law. But new rule could be reversed if Biden wins. >>read more

New traffic analysis mechanism finally takes effect this week. >>read more

UC Berkeley erred in adding five times as many students as EIR analyzed, court rules. >>read more