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Category "California Land Use Law & Policy"

California Court Upholds Programmatic EIR Analyzing Hydraulic Fracturing throughout the State

The California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) prepared a [...]

Ninth Circuit Addresses How the National Historic Preservation Act Applies to Delayed Mining Project

InHavasupai Tribe v. Provencio, the Havasupai Tribe, along with several environmental groups (plaintiffs), challenged a [...]

California Court of Appeal Strikes Down City’s Park Impact Fees as Violating the Mitigation Fee Act

This case involves a developer’s challenge to the City of Alameda’s (City) development impact fee [...]

California Court of Appeal Invalidates Local Ordinance Imposing Groundwater Extraction Limits

On May 14, 2019, the California Court of Appeal for the First Judicial District concluded [...]