Exemptions, State and Local Government, Environmental Policies

CEQA Transportation Mitigation Fees and Other Key Reforms in AB 130 and SB 131

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass on 7/21/2025

This is our third update on the important changes in the two budget trailer bills, AB 130 and SB 131, after previous posts addressing the new CEQA exemption for infill housing and the “near miss” CEQA streamlining process....more

EIR for Downtown San Francisco Mixed-Use Project Upheld Under Supreme Court’s Newly Articulated Standard of Review

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/7/2019

The belatedly published South of Market Community Action Network v. City and County of San Francisco (2019) ___ Cal.App.5th ___ (“South of Market”), is the first published decision in which the court applies the principles...more

Long-Awaited SEQRA Amendments Are Finally Here: So What Are They, and What Do They Mean?

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 7/31/2018

After six years and vigorous public comment, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has adopted substantive amendments to the implementing regulations of the State Environmental Quality Review Act...more

Killer Coffee? California May Exempt Coffee Industry from Prop 65 Warning Requirements

Lewitt Hackman on 6/18/2018

We told you about the lawsuit brought against nearly 100 food industry companies regarding the lack of Prop 65 warnings in restaurants and stores selling coffee. The problem is the potential presence of acrylamide when coffee...more

New OPR Technical Advisory Lists Legislative CEQA Exemptions Found Outside Statute

Miller Starr Regalia on 6/11/2018

On June 6, 2018, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) announced that it had issued a new technical advisory listing legislative CEQA exemptions located in statutes outside of Division 13 of the Public...more

CEQA Year In Review 2017

Perkins Coie on 1/8/2018

A Summary of Published Appellate Opinions Under the California Environmental Quality Act - In 2017, the California Supreme Court issued two decisions involving highly controversial questions of first impression. In the...more