Environmental Law
Envt'l Law News Spring 2017, Vol. 26, No. 1
Content
- 2016-2017 Environmental Law Section Executive Committee
- California WaterFix: a Snapshot of the Swrcb Water Rights Change Hearings
- Deciphering the New Ceqa Rules for Modified Projects After San Mateo Gardens
- Editor's Note...
- Environmental Law News Publications Committee
- Lessons on Regulatory Reporting in California
- Table of Contents
- The 2016 Environmental Legislative Recap: An Unconventional Election Year Defending a Legacy
- Waves of Contentious Issues Still Batter the California Coastal Act at 40
- What Institutional Investors, Energy Companies, and You Should Know About Carbon Reporting
- Public Interest Standing Under Ceqa: Will We Ever Know What Types of 'Urgent Considerations' Outweigh a Petitioner's Standing?
Public Interest Standing Under CEQA: Will We Ever Know What Types of ‘Urgent Considerations’ Outweigh a Petitioner’s Standing?
by Jonathan E. Shardlow* and Martin P. Stratte**1
"Reform of CEQA is the Lord’s work, but unfortunately the Lord’s work doesn’t always get done."2
—California Governor Jerry Brown
The California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") is a self-executing statute that requires state and local agencies to identify the environmental impacts of their actions and to avoid or mitigate those impacts, if feasible.3Because CEQA is a self-executing statute, state and local agencies are entrusted with the responsibility of complying with CEQA, and enforcement occurs through public litigation.4