California’s landmark environmental law has helped thwart state lawmakers’ many, many plans for society. They’re now thwarting lawmakers’ plans for themselves too. Last week, a California appeals court brought legislators’ plans for a new office annex on the state Capitol grounds to a screeching halt when it ruled the $1.3Continue Reading
The Bay Area is often associated with two things – the beauty of its natural landscape, and the skyrocketing costs of living in it. Of late those have been seen as being in tension. Should the ridge separating Pittsburg from Concord be developed for 1,650 new houses, or preserve theContinue Reading
SACRAMENTO — Housing advocates liken the effort to add carveouts to California’s premier environmental law to a game of whack-a-mole: Legislators just keep adding exemptions to try to save projects from unending delays. In recent years, California lawmakers have added a plethora of amendments to blunt the impact of state-requiredContinue Reading
Scale of multi-tenant farms that are avoiding CEQA Scale of multi-tenant farms that are avoiding CEQA Scale of multi-tenant farms that are avoiding CEQA The following is an open letter from “Neighborhood Coalition Sonoma County’, The Cannabis industry wants to open up Sonoma County to industrial size Cannabis Cultivation onContinue Reading
