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2. California Environmental Quality Act - Wikipedia

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   The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA / ˈ s iː. k w ə /) is a California statute passed in 1970 and signed in to law by then-governor Ronald Reagan, [1] [2] shortly after the United States federal government passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to institute a statewide policy of environmental protection.

3. Climate change litigation and the California Environmental ...

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   Litigation related to climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has become increasingly common in federal and state courts. [1] Following adoption of the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) and publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), additional pressure was placed on California public agencies to evaluate potential ...

4. Opinion: Reform CEQA instead of punching holes in it

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   The Swiss cheese approach to dealing with California's landmark environmental quality law has created huge inequities and slowed or stopped development for reasons that have nothing to do with ...

5. Phase I environmental site assessment - Wikipedia

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   Many states have professional registrations which are applicable to the preparers of Phase I ESAs; for example, the state of California had a registration entitled "California Registered Environmental Assessor Class I or Class II" until July 2012, when it removed this REA certification program due to budget cuts. [8]

6. Opinion: Despite noble intentions, California's environmental ...

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   CEQA has been abused for decades to block affordable housing and drive up costs, taking the greatest toll on young residents and Latino households. Opinion: Despite noble intentions, California's ...

7. California lawmakers exempt their new office building from ...

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   Legislators pushed through a bill to exempt a $1.1-billion renovation of the state Capitol from the California Environmental Quality Act. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

8. Side letter (contract law) - Wikipedia

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   Side letters may also be used in relation to private fund contracts, for example a particular investor may wish to vary the terms of a limited partnership agreement with respect to that particular investor. An investor might be seeking more favourable terms under the contract or might need the side letter to enter the venture under terms to ...

9. 'The law that swallowed California': Why the much-derided ...

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   A 50-year-old California law has stymied bike lanes, affordable housing and now enrollment at UC Berkeley. But major changes in the law are unlikely.