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Environmental

Jan. 18, 2012

Pollution-cutting building guide could get nixed

In a move praised by California's building industry, a judge indicated he would require the Bay Area's air quality watchdog to withdraw a series of tough, hotly contested pollution-cutting development guidelines.


By Jason W. Armstrong


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In a move praised by California's building industry, a judge indicated he would require the Bay Area's air quality watchdog to withdraw tough, hotly contested pollution-cutting development guidelines that some legal observers viewed as a blueprint for other local governments across the state.


Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch said the nine-county Bay Area Air...

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