Court rules that vague carbon offsets approach for new development violates CEQA and invalidate the Climate Action Plan. >>read more

Most bills emphasize ministerial approval, thus providing an end-run around the CEQA process. >>read more

The state required San Jose to get a new streambed agreement for Willow Glen Trestle Bridge. That doesn't trigger additional environmental review. >>read more

In the last few years, exemptions have vastly outnumbered EIRs and mitigated negative declarations. Who needs CEQA reform? >>read more

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

In an oil refinery case, a split appellate court said using 98th percentile instead of "average" pollution is okay. >>read more

Project is surrounded by development. But MND didn't fly on native plant and oak tree issues. >>read more

Also: Statute of limitations on the Mitigation Fee Act, a request to depublish the Millenium Hollywood case, and the U.S. Supreme decline to hear a takings case from Massachusetts involving a local wetlands ordinance. >>read more

Neighbors Sue, Claiming Project Is Not Dense Enough. Appellate Court Rules Against Them >>read more

This Land skewers the federal land management agencies -- and, in the process, indirectly provides a good reason to keep CEQA and California's other environmental laws. >>read more