FEATURE ARTICLE
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REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Council on Environmental Quality Publishes Final Rule Updating NEPA’s Implementing Regulations311
California Fish and Game Commission to Consider Listing Western Joshua Tree Amid Potential Impacts to Water Infrastructure Projects312
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
District Court:
District Court Holds EPA Has an Ongoing Nondiscretionary Duty under the Clean Water Act to Update the National Contingency Plan316
Earth Island Institute, et al., v. Andrew R. Wheeler, et al., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 20-CV-00670-WHO (N.D. Cal. 2020).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
District Court of Appeal:
Fourth District Court Holds Agencies Must Retain Documents Mandated for Inclusion in the Administrative Record Under CEQA318
Golden Door Properties, LLC v. Superior Court of San Diego County, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case Nos. D076605, D076924, D076993 (4th Dist. July 30, 2020).
Fourth District Court Finds Development Agreements Can Abridge Vested Rights Established in Approved Vesting Tentative Maps322
North Murrieta Community, LLC v. City of Murrieta et. al., 50 Cal.App.5th 31 (4th Dist. 2020).
Second District Court Finds Developer Obtained Statutory Vested Rights Prior to Initiative that Would Have Substantially Curtailed Project324
Redondo Beach Waterfront, LLC v. City of Redondo Beach, 51 Cal.App.5th 982 (2nd Dist. 2020).
Second District Court Finds City’s Reauthorization Ordinance Was Untimely under Eminent Domain
Law326
Rutgard v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. B297655 (2nd Dist. July 30, 2020).
First District Court Finds University Failed, in Its EIR, to Analyze Increased Enrollment as Part of a Long-Range Development Plan327
Save Berkeley Neighborhoods v. Regents of the University of California et al, 51 Cal.App.5th 226 (1st Dist. 2020.)
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE331
