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Perspective

Apr. 2, 2010

State Supreme Court Sets Environmental Baseline

Tim Taylor, Barbara Brenner, Tom Henry and Sigrid Waggener of Stoel Rives examine the recent and highly anticipated decision involving the California Environmental Quality Act.

By Tim Taylor, Barbara Brenner, Tom Henry and Sigrid Waggener

On March 15, 2010, the California Supreme Court published Communities for a Better Environment v. South Coast Air Quality Management District, a highly anticipated decision involving the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The Court affirmed an appellate court decision holding that the "environmental baseline," against which the significance of a proposed project's...

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