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Government

Aug. 30, 2016

Legislature passes bill to help speed up CEQA litigation

The state Legislature has sent Gov. Jerry Brown a long-stalled bill that could speed California Environmental Quality Act litigation on large projects.

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO — The state Legislature has sent Gov. Jerry Brown a long-stalled bill that could speed California Environmental Quality Act litigation on large projects.

SB 122 allows project applicants to pay a lead public agency to prepare the administrative record on a project ahead of time. If a project is later sued on environmental grounds, the record would ...

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