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Neighborhood group threatens to block a key section along Modoc Road

DUBLIN — Rising demand for Tri-Valley eldercare outweighed construction health concerns and possible litigation risks on May 17 when the city council voted to approve the Inspiration Drive Memory Care

Designed to assess the environmental impacts of new projects and provide mitigation measures, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has a controversial history, sometimes serving as a convenient tool for groups intent on stopping or slowing development.

  When a large project is proposed, such as Syar Industries expansion of its aggregate operations in Napa County, the California Environmental Quality Act specifies what must be included in the environmental impact report (EIR) analyzing the project and its impacts. It is not uncommon for a large project to be challenged in court claiming the project EIR is legally inadequate. See Stop Syar Expansion v. County of Napa, our case for today’s column. SEVEN YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW A group known as Stop Syar Expansion had long opposed the expansion of Syar Industries aggregate operations ...

Print The Del Mar Heights School rebuild is on hold as the Del Mar Union School District completes additional environmental reviews, stemming from a court decision in the lawsuit against the district by Save the Field. The district had planned to break ground on the project last summer and for students to be in their new school in August 2021, however, Heights students will continue to attend school off-site in the 2021-22 school year at Ocean Air School and Del Mar Hills Academy. The project has been slowed by the requirement for a coastal development permit from the City of San Diego and th...