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Environmental

Jan. 20, 2012

Environmental analysis of project not required, says court

This is the fourth decision holding that CEQA does not require analysis of the environment's impact on a project. By Chelsea Maclean of Holland & Knight LLP


By Chelsea Maclean


In one of the most notable decisions of 2011 affecting environmental issues, the 2nd District Court of Appeal recently held in Ballona Wetlands Land Trust et al. v. City of Los Angeles 2011 DJDAR 17321 (Dec. 2) that the environment's effects on a proposed project do not have to be analyzed under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The potential implications should not be underestimated as a wide range of impacts p...

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