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In Schmid v. City & County of San Francisco (Feb. 1, 2021, No. A158861) ___Cal.App.5th___ [2021 Cal. App. LEXIS 85] the First District Court of Appeal upheld a decision of the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) and Board of Supervisors of...
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 August, the Fourth District Court of Appeal released and published its opinion in Golden Door Properties, LLC v. Superior Court (2020) 53 Cal.App.5th 733, which recognizes that CEQA requires lead agencies to retain certain project-related records. See TLG’s coverage...
In Save Berkeley’s Neighborhoods v. Regents of the University of California (2020) 51 Cal. App. 5th 226, the First District Court of Appeal overruled a demurrer rejecting community members’ allegations that the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley) violated...
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...
In Protecting Our Water & Environmental Resources v. County of Stanislaus (2020 Cal. LEXIS 5541) the California Supreme Court ruled the County of Stanislaus (County) violated CEQA by categorically classifying all well construction permits as ministerial projects exempt from CEQA...
In Golden Door Properties, LLC v. Superior Court of San Diego County, the Fourth District Court of Appeal overturned a San Diego Superior Court ruling denying Plaintiffs’ motions to compel discovery. The appellate court ruled Public Resources Code section 21167.6...
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...
In Willow Glen Trestle Conservancy v. City of San Jose (2020) 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 423, the Sixth District Court of Appeal found that the City of San Jose’s actions in obtaining a 2018 Stream Alteration Agreement (SAA) from the...
The Judicial Council of California approved a revision to Emergency Rule 9, which previously tolled civil statutes of limitations from April 6, 2020 to 90 days after the Governor lifts the COVID-19 state of emergency. As explained in our previous...
On April 23, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-54-20 (EO), which modifies CEQA’s noticing provisions and suspends tribal consultation timelines under AB 52 for 60 days. CEQA Notice & Posting Impacts Paragraph 8 of the EO suspends for 60...
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...