Section 15378 - Project

2 Analyses of this regulation by attorneys

  1. California Courts Close Loopholes in Definition of “Project” Under CEQA

    BuchalterBarbara LichmanAugust 29, 2019

    at p. 11 [emphasis in original]. The Millennium court, agreeing with the court in Washoe Meadows Community v. Department of Parks & Recreation, 17 Cal.App.5th 277, 290 (2017), found that “Millennium’s failure to present any concrete project proposal, instead choosing concepts and ‘impact envelopes’ rather than an accurate, stable and finite project [description],” Ibid., p. 27, 14 CCR § 15378, failed to meet CEQA’s informational requirements. In addition, the Court found “[t]he problem with an agency’s failure to propose a stable project is not confined to ‘[its] informative quality . . .,’” Id., p. 22.

  2. Will the California Supreme Court Close the Door to a CEQA Exemption the Legislature Has Refused to Close?

    Stoel Rives LLPJuliet ChoJune 11, 2014

    It is established that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) does not apply to a project approved by ballot initiative, where the initiative was placed on the ballot by the voters and adopted by the voters in an election. (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15378(b); DeVita v. County of Napa (1995) 9 Cal.4th 763, 794.) In Tuolumne, however, the Appellants Wal-Mart and James Grinnell (jointly, Appellants) took a different approach in seeking to expand an existing Wal-Mart store to a Wal-Mart Supercenter in the City of Sonora.