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We provide litigation and consulting services to a wide array of clients throughout California in both the public and private sector. A substantial portion of the firm’s practice involves the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The courts and legal practitioners have recognized the firm’s treatise on CEQA as a leading authority.
Current News
OPR Publishes Proposed Amendments to the CEQA Guidelines Relating to Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) released its proposed amendments to the CEQA Guidelines on April 13, 2009. OPR prepared the proposed amendments pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21083.05, which requires OPR to develop guidelines for the mitigation of effects of greenhouse gas emissions on or before July 1, 2009. Read More »
Announcements
RTMM Attorneys to be Panelists at the California Chapter of the American Planning Association’s Annual Conference in Squaw Valley in September
Jim Moose, Whit Manley, Tiffany Wright, and Sabrina Teller will give separate presentations at the California Chapter of the American Planning Association’s Conference on September 13-16, 2009, at the Resort at Squaw Creek in Olympic Valley. The theme for this year’s conference is “Long Views, Greater Vision.”
Jim Moose will be on a panel entitled “CEQA 2009 Update: Adventures in CEQA” and on another panel entitled “Climate Change and CEQA.”
Whit Manley will be on a panel entitled “Transportation Analysis for Planners.”
Tiffany Wright will be on a panel entitled “Achieving Your Vision: How to Work with Your Lawyers Early on to Draft Legally Sound Environmental Documents.”
Sabrina Teller will be on a panel entitled “Changing, Adapting, and Advancing: Career Trajectories for Young Planners.”
Jim Moose and Whit Manley to speak on Water Supply and CEQA Issues at CLE International Conferences in San Francisco and San Diego in September
Jim Moose and Whit Manley will be speakers at the CLE International Conferences on CEQA on September 21, 2009, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco and on September 24, 2009, at the Omni Hotel in San Diego. In both sessions, Jim's topic will be “Water Supply Impacts” and Whit will discuss the evolving definition of a “Project” under CEQA.
Jim Moose to speak on recent CEQA case law at Law Seminars International conference in Santa Monica in September
Jim Moose will speak at the CEQA workshop slated for Friday, September 25, 2009, in Santa Monica, CA, on a panel titled, “Key Recent Developments in CEQA Appellate Case Law".
Guide to CEQA
Guide to the California Environmental Quality The first revision to the Guide to the California Environmental Quality Act in seven years, the 2006 (11th) edition has been updated and comprehensively revised. More than seven… More»