CEQA

More than a decade ago, California instituted two statewide initiatives to exempt and streamline environmental compliance for transit-adjacent residential developments. The clearance programs associated...

The Relevant Group has spent several years building a boutique hotel empire in Hollywood. But in a lawsuit filed in federal court, the developer...

One month after Los Angeles County officials approved construction of a controversial 19,000-home community, environmental groups filed a lawsuit to stop the massive project....

The California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, is one of the most divisive state laws in real estate. In the opinion of most developers,...

The LeFrak Organization is restarting a 15-story mixed-use project in Hollywood with a plan in place to limit challenges to its environmental review. The...

Madison Square Garden Company isn’t holding back in its efforts to prevent the L.A. Clippers from building an 18,000-seat arena and entertainment complex in...

The Los Angeles Clippers are vying to limit the time their new arena project could be stalled by environmental challenges in court. The basketball...

Millennium Partners must have heard about Inglewood’s recent attempts to avoid the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The developer of the Millennium Hollywood project...

State Sen. Steven Bradford has “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” on his mind. The lawmaker proposed a bill last week that would impact all transit-related...

Multifamily developers could soon get some relief from the city’s tedious planning process, thanks to a new piece of legislation in the works in...