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US Supreme Court Decision Invites Scrutiny of Legislatively Imposed Impact Fees | JD Supra
The unanimous opinion holds that development impact fees established through the legislative process are subject to constitutional scrutiny as potential regulatory takings. The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution allows the government to take private property for a public purpose so long as it provides “just compensation” to the property owner. The Takings Clause coexists with state and local governments’ police power to regulate land use.
How Sustainability Efforts and Women’s Advancement Globally Can-and Must-Go Hand-in-Hand
Friday, June 28, 2019 Kristina Wyatt Global Commercial Transactions Senior Counsel Senior Manager, Sustainability Programs, Latham & Watkins LLP Climate change threatens to dramatically increase inequality and create greater hardships for women and girls, in large part because of their disproportionately vulnerable economic, social, and political positions worldwide.
Proposed CEQA Guidelines Amendments Proceed Through Rulemaking Process | JD Supra
Proposed changes include shifting the methodology for studying projects’ potential traffic impacts and clarifying the terms for deferred mitigation measures. The California Natural Resources Agency (the Agency) has given notice that it intends to revise many of the regulations implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (the CEQA Guidelines). If adopted, the proposed rulemaking package would represent the most substantial amendments to the CEQA Guidelines in 20 years.
California Court of Appeal Finds EIR’s Air Quality Analysis Deficient | JD Supra
In a partially published opinion[2] issued January 12, 2018, City of Long Beach v. City of Los Angeles, the California Court of Appeal affirmed in part and reversed in part the trial court’s judgment requiring the City of Los Angeles (Los Angeles) to set aside certifications of the environmental impact report (EIR) for a project whereby BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) would construct a 153-acre near-dock railyard four miles from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles (Project).
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