Land Use, Environmental, and Real Estate Law in California
Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann’s 2019 4th Quarter cumulative CEQA update. This summary provides links to more in-depth case write-ups on the firm’s blog. The case names of the newest decisions start with Section 3 and are denoted by bold italic fonts.
1. 2019 CEQA UPDATE
To read the 2018 cumulative CEQA review, click here:…
Citizens for Positive Growth & Preservation v. City of Sacramento (2019) ___ Cal.App.5th ___.
In 2015, the City of Sacramento adopted an update to its general plan. The 2015 general plan amendment (“2015 Update”) was an update to a comprehensive 2030 plan adopted in 2009. The 2015 Update included an extension of the general plan…
Reserve your seat for one of three seminars taking place in early 2020.
In January 2020 Abbott & Kindermann, Inc. will present its 19th annual educational program for clients and colleagues interested in current land use, environmental, and real estate issues affecting commercial and residential development, agriculture, real estate transactions, easements, mining and the…
Reserve your seat for one of three seminars taking place in early 2020.
In January 2020 Abbott & Kindermann, Inc. will present its 19th annual educational program for clients and colleagues interested in current land use, environmental, and real estate issues affecting commercial and residential development, agriculture, real estate transactions, easements, mining and the…
Hollywoodians Encouraging Rental Opportunities v. City of Los Angeles (2019) 37 Cal.App.5th 768
The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s denial of a writ of mandate demanding the City of Los Angeles (“City”) prepare an EIR for the conversion of a former rental apartment building into a hotel. The Court held that as…
In Union of Medical Marijuana Patients, Inc. v. City of San Diego (2019) Cal. LEXIS 6005, the California Supreme Court tackled the illusive question of when is a discretionary action which does not qualify for exemption, “not a project”. Like many other CEQA judicial decisions, the answer does not involve a bright line test.…
Stopthemillenniumhollywood.com et al., v. City of Los Angeles et al. 2019 Cal.App. LEXIS 780
In Stopthemillenniumhollywood.com et al., v. City of Los Angeles et al. 2019 Cal.App. LEXIS 780, the Court of Appeal delivered a setback to mixed use proposals by invalidating an EIR lacking a specific development proposal, but which evaluated different land…
Sacramentans for Fair Planning v. City of Sacramento (2019) 2019 Cal.App. LEXIS 646
The City of Sacramento, a charter city, approved a fifteen-story mixed use project in its Midtown area, significantly in excess of its adopted height and FAR standards. This approval was based upon a general plan policy which stated, “The City may allow…
Welcome to Abbott & Kindermann’s 2019 2nd Quarter cumulative CEQA update. This summary provides links to more in-depth case write-ups on the firm’s blog. The case names of the newest decisions start with Section 3 and are denoted by bold italic fonts.
1. 2019 CEQA UPDATE
To read the 2018 cumulative CEQA review, click…
By William W. Abbott & Kristen Kortick
Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Conservation, etc. (2019) 36 Cal.App.5th 210.
The question “how much is enough?” for programmatic EIRs remains an ongoing challenge for CEQA practitioners. Programmatic EIRs are frequently prepared in conjunction with broad legislative acts where specific detail as to how the…
