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Administrative/Regulatory,
Environmental & Energy

Jan. 24, 2014

Will 2014 finally be the year for long-awaited CEQA reform?

In a nutshell: don't bet on it.

Kathryn L. Oehlschlager

Downey Brand LLP

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Samir J. Abdelnour

Hanson Bridgett LLP

Phone: (415) 777-3200

Email: sabdelnour@hansonbridgett.com

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Don't bet on it. If one thing seems clear from last year's efforts at reform, it is that 2014 won't bring the "magic bullet" that opponents of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) have been waiting for.

The 2013 legislative session began with a flurry of political jockeying and high hopes for CEQA reform, but the results left parties on both sides of the aisle unsatisfied. In early 2013, Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and then-Sen. Michael Rubio formed an a...

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