On June 11, 2021, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-08-21 (Order), which sets sunset dates on dozens of executive order provisions previously issued to address the COVID-19 pandemic, including some impacting CEQA and land use. Specifically, the Order sets a...
In Linovitz Capo Shores LLC v. California Coastal Commission (2021) 65 Cal. App. 5th 1106, the Fourth District Court of Appeal found that the California Coastal Commission’s (Commission) failure to act on a series of mobilehome renovation permits constituted an...
In Carmel Valley Ass’n v. County of Monterey (2021) 2021 Cal.App.Unpub. LEXIS 3286, the Sixth District Court of Appeal reversed a decision granting a petition of mandate against the County of Monterey’s (County) approval of an environmentally superior alternative to...
On April 23, 2021, the First District Court of Appeal ordered partial publication of Stop Syar Expansion v. County of Napa (2021) 63 Cal.App.5th 444, a decision affirming the trial court’s denial of a writ of mandate challenging the sufficiency...
In Bldg. A Better Redondo v. City of Redondo Beach (2021) 2021 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1038, the Second District Court of Appeal upheld an $80,000 costs and $683,000 attorney fee award, following a partially successful CEQA challenge. The Court...
In Santa Clara Valley Water District v. San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (2020) Cal.App.LEXIS 1236, the First District Court of Appeal held that, under a plain reading of Public Resources Code section 21174, a responsible agency’s statutory...
In Martis Camp Cmty. Ass’n v. County of Placer (2020) Cal.App. LEXIS 773, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed and reversed portions of a judgment concerning the County’s partial abandonment of public easement rights in an emergency access road...
On June 12, 2020, the Fourth District Court of Appeal issued a lengthy opinion addressing the consolidated cases in Golden Door Properties, LLC v. County of San Diego and Sierra Club v. County of San Diego. The Fourth District held...
The Judicial Council of California met on April 6, 2020 to adopt a series of emergency court rules. Emergency Rule 9 tolls civil statutes of limitations (SOL)—including those found in CEQA—from April 6, 2020 to 90 days after the Governor...
In King and Gardiner Farms, LLC v. County of Kern (2020) 45 Cal.App.5th 814, the Fifth District Court of Appeal found that a Kern County’s approval of a zoning amendment and streamlined process for developing new oil and gas facilities...
In Citizens for a Responsible Caltrans Decision v. Department of Transportation (March 24, 2020) 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 243, the Fourth District Court of Appeal found that the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) improperly relied on a CEQA exemption in...
In Save the Agoura Cornell Knoll v. City of Agoura Hills (February 24, 2020) 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 222, in a detailed decision, the Second District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgement and concluded that a proposed mixed-use...