Environmental
Nov. 19, 2014
State Supreme Court to grapple with environmental review for smaller projects
A fight over building a mansion in the Berkeley hills has sparked questions over what sorts of projects should be exempt from CEQA.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When multimillionaire tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Mitchell Kapor tried to build a nearly 10,000-square-foot house in the Berkeley hills, he set off a legal fight now before the state Supreme Court over the reach of California's bedrock environmental law.
The central question is whether Kapor's mansion should be eligible for an exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act be...
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