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LA’s Trying to Build Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing

But could we make it easier?

My colleague Jonathan Zasloff rightly points out that one way to harness the benefits of upzoning to alleviate our housing crisis is to promote inclusionary requirements for transit-oriented development. Los Angeles has adopted just such a program through its Transit-Oriented Communities ordinance, which I’ve written about here. Per the City of Los Angeles’ initial assessment, …

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Surveying the Landscape of Local Zoning and CEQA

First report from Berkeley/Columbia research project shows how Bay Area residential developments negotiate land-use and CEQA review

A group of interdisciplinary researchers from law and planning (which I am part of) just released its first report on how CEQA and land-use law shape the process of regulating and approving residential developments in five Bay Area cities. (I first posted about our research here.) I’ve included the Executive Summary below, and the full …

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Where To Build Housing In California Through 2030

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California isn’t building enough housing to meet jobs and population growth, and what housing is getting built is happening too much in sprawl areas on greenfields. While this greenfield-focused development may please pro-sprawl conservatives, it will worsen traffic and air pollution and keep the state from meeting its long-term environmental goals. To discuss where and …

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Is Venezuela a “War For Oil”?

It’s an overused cliche, but there is one way in which oil might figure in the recent illegal war: go to Africa to see it

The U.S. Has Now Become a Rogue Nation

By pulling out of the UNFCCC and dozens of international organizations, Trump has isolated the United States and ceded influence to China and the EU.

Takings Between the Sheetz

…in which I actually praise Brett Kavanaugh

Voices from a Climate Law Classroom

A snapshot of what tomorrow’s environmental law leaders are thinking

One Year of Energy Emergencies

The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

What Critics of the Unitary Executive Missed

This conservative theory has damaged democracy in unexpected ways.

Alejandro Camacho Joins UCLA Law Faculty

Camacho will be a core faculty member of the UCLA Emmett Institute and a contributor to Legal Planet.

Another White House Power Grab: PJM

Why emergency power auctions for the AI overlords will do little to reduce electricity prices.

“Smog and Sunshine” Has a Release Date

And this “Surprising Story of How Los Angeles Cleaned Up Its Air” is now available for preorder.

Can They Do That?

The feds probably do ultimately have the authority to shut down offshore wind farms – if they ever get their act together.

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But could we make it easier?

First report from Berkeley/Columbia research project shows how Bay Area residential developments negotiate land-use and CEQA review

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The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

This conservative theory has damaged democracy in unexpected ways.

Camacho will be a core faculty member of the UCLA Emmett Institute and a contributor to Legal Planet.

Guest contributors Maeve Anderson and Mackay Peltzer write that regulatory updates are needed to ensure California’s coastal planning remains consistent with the intent of the Coastal Act.

Why emergency power auctions for the AI overlords will do little to reduce electricity prices.

And this “Surprising Story of How Los Angeles Cleaned Up Its Air” is now available for preorder.

After a year of Trump 2.0, here’s how things stand.

No, not CEQA, SEQRA. New York appears to be following California’s lead in overhauling state-level environmental review.

There are some steps Congress could take to increase certainty for energy leases on federal lands, but there will be tradeoffs.

The executive may have broad authority to cancel onshore leases, perhaps even without compensation. Congress might want to fix that.

It’s an overused cliche, but there is one way in which oil might figure in the recent illegal war: go to Africa to see it

By pulling out of the UNFCCC and dozens of international organizations, Trump has isolated the United States and ceded influence to China and the EU.

…in which I actually praise Brett Kavanaugh

A snapshot of what tomorrow’s environmental law leaders are thinking

The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

This conservative theory has damaged democracy in unexpected ways.

Camacho will be a core faculty member of the UCLA Emmett Institute and a contributor to Legal Planet.

Why emergency power auctions for the AI overlords will do little to reduce electricity prices.

And this “Surprising Story of How Los Angeles Cleaned Up Its Air” is now available for preorder.

The feds probably do ultimately have the authority to shut down offshore wind farms – if they ever get their act together.