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CEQA News You Can Use, August 2025 - Volume 10, Issue 2

Welcome to “CEQA News You Can Use,” a quarterly production of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP’s Natural Resources lawyers. This publication provides quick, useful bites of CEQA news, which we hope can be a resource for...more

8/1/2025  /  Affordable Housing , California , CEQA , Environmental Impact Report (EIR) , Environmental Litigation , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , New Legislation , Permits , Real Estate Development , State and Local Government

AB 130 Places New Limitations on Building Code Updates for Residential Buildings

This is the seventh update in our series covering AB 130 and SB 131, two bills that work substantive changes to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and California housing law....more

7/29/2025  /  Building Codes , California , Construction Industry , Housing Market , Multi-Family Housing , New Legislation , Permits , Regulatory Reform , Residential Property Owners , State and Local Government

AB 303 Targets Battery Energy Storage, Seeks to Reassert Local Control

On Jan. 23, 2025, California Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 303, titled the “Battery Energy Safety and Accountability Act.” Broadly, AB 303, would impose siting restrictions on battery...more

2/4/2025  /  California , Clean Energy , Energy Policy , Energy Storage , Environmental Policies , New Legislation , Popular , Regulatory Agenda , Renewable Energy , State and Local Government

CEQA News You Can Use - August 2024 - Volume 9, Issue 2

Welcome to “CEQA News You Can Use,” a quarterly production of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP’s Natural Resources lawyers. This publication provides quick, useful bites of CEQA news, which we hope can be a resource to...more

9/2/2024  /  California , CEQA , CEQA Reform , Construction Project , Environmental Impact Report (EIR) , Environmental Policies , Public Projects , State and Local Government , State Legislatures , Urban Planning & Development

CEQA News You Can Use, May 2024 - Volume 9, Issue 1

Welcome to “CEQA News You Can Use,” a quarterly production of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP’s Natural Resources lawyers. This publication provides quick, useful bites of CEQA news, which we hope can be a resource to...more

5/23/2024  /  California , CEQA , CEQA Reform , Construction Project , Environmental Impact Report (EIR) , Environmental Policies , Public Projects , State and Local Government , Urban Planning & Development

2023 CEQA Legislative Recap: Insignificant Effects, Housing Exemptions, and Streamlining

Several modest amendments to CEQA took effect on Jan. 1, 2024. Our CEQA News You Can Use team summarized a few of changes to keep in mind in the new year....more

2/23/2024  /  California , CEQA , Environmental Impact Report (EIR) , Environmental Policies , Environmental Review , Proposed Legislation , Real Estate Development , State and Local Government , Urban Planning & Development

CEQA News You Can Use - August 2023 - Volume 8, Issue 2

Welcome to “CEQA News You Can Use,” a quarterly production of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP’s Natural Resources lawyers. This publication provides quick, useful bites of CEQA news, which we hope can be a resource to...more

8/2/2023  /  California , CEQA , City of Berkeley , Construction Project , Environmental Impact Report (EIR) , Environmental Policies , Land Developers , State and Local Government , Urban Planning & Development
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