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Course Information
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    On-Demand

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

  • work Practice Area

    Environmental

Date & Time
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    Wednesday, November 11, 2020

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

$297.00

This CLE course will guide environmental counsel on recent California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) case law, policy, and practice developments. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has seen no shortage of CEQA cases in the California trial and appellate courts, with over 20 published appellate decisions to date. This panel will provide legal updates relevant to attorneys, consultants, and public agency staff.

Faculty

Harris Arielle
Shareholder
Miller Starr Regalia

Ms. Harris represents developers, landowners, and public agencies in connection with obtaining and defending land use entitlements, environmental review, as well as state and federal permitting for a wide range of projects including mixed-use and master planned developments, commercial development, renewable energy projects, and public infrastructure projects.

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Oehlschlager Kathryn
Shareholder
Downey Brand, LLP

With more than fifteen years of experience in environmental law, Ms. Oehlschlager has built a robust practice spanning environmental and land use compliance counseling, state and federal enforcement defense, and major litigation.

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Owsowitz Sarah
Shareholder
Best Best & Krieger LLP

Ms. Owsowitz’s practice focuses on California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) advice and litigation, with a particular concentration on large-scale commercial, industrial and residential developments, water projects, as well as those projects with significant cultural resource issues. She represents both public and private clients in administrative proceedings and litigation involving CEQA, as well as state and local planning and zoning laws. Ms. Owsowitz is of counsel in Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Environmental Law & Natural Resources practice group.

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Description

The panelists will provide an overview of key CEQA decisions from 2020, updates on recently adopted CEQA legislation and regulatory updates, as well as an overview of pandemic-related Executive Orders and Rules of Court.

Listen as our authoritative panel of environmental attorneys explains the current interpretation and enforcement of CEQA and the status of mitigation measures and exemptions.

Outline

  1. Introduction
  2. 2020 CEQA Case Law Summary
    • Ministerial approvals
    • Exemptions
    • Tiered CEQA documents
    • Mitigation measures
    • Statutes of limitation
    • Certification of the administrative record
  3. Recently adopted CEQA legislation and regulatory updates
  4. COVID-19 related executive orders and Judicial Council Emergency Rules impacting CEQA practitioners

Benefits

The panel will review these and other important topics:

  • Measurement of the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Certification of administrative records.
  • Assessment of traffic impacts based on the vehicle miles traveled standard.