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Broad Street Brief: Mayor Parker Rallies Support for SEPTA

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Mayor Parker Outlines Behind-the-Scenes Efforts to Secure SEPTA Funding Amid PA Budget Talks - Mayor Cherelle Parker (D) has been actively working with state lawmakers across party lines to support SEPTA as the transit...more

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High Court Tackles CEQA Future Baselines In Neighbors For Smart Rail Decision

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In a much-anticipated decision filed August 5, 2013, the California Supreme Court held that CEQA requires a lead agency to assess a project’s environmental impacts against an “existing conditions” baseline – and consequently...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Unusual Circumstances: California Supreme Court Upholds Limited Use of Future Conditions Baseline Under CEQA

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On August 5, 2013, the California Supreme Court issued a split decision in Neighbors for Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority, et al. The court held that a lead agency may choose to avoid using an...more

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CEQA Baseline Analysis: Future Conditions Baseline Should Be The Exception Not The Rule When Agency Reviews Environmental Impacts,...

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In Neighbors for Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority (filed August 5, 2013) (“Neighbors”), a majority of the California Supreme Court justices announced a new rule regarding the baseline agencies may...more

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