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Embassy Suites Hotel Settles Lawsuit with Harrington

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 29, 2016
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Embassy Suites Hotel Settles Lawsuit with Harrington

Late on Monday evening, Michael Harrington along with co-counsel Don Mooney announced that they had reach ...

Late on Monday evening, Michael Harrington along with co-counsel Don Mooney announced that they had reached a settlement agreement with Royal Ganesh and the City of Davis, resolving their lawsuit over ...

November 29, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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My View: We Need to Stop Planning by Litigation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2016
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My View: We Need to Stop Planning by Litigation

For some reason, there wasn’t as much attention given to the fact that, before the council even acted on ...

For some reason, there wasn’t as much attention given to the fact that, before the council even acted on the Hyatt House, a neighbor, represented by local attorney Don Mooney, had filed a CEQA lawsuit ...

November 05, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Letter Threatens City with Legal Action on Hyatt House Hotel

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2016
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Letter Threatens City with Legal Action on Hyatt House Hotel

A letter dated November 1 from Attorney Don Mooney to Mayor Robb Davis and the city council on behalf of ...

A letter dated November 1 from Attorney Don Mooney to Mayor Robb Davis and the city council on behalf of resident Alissa Burnett argues that the initial study contains a legally inadequate project des ...

November 02, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Residential Infill in Davis and the Death of Governor Brown’s Affordable Housing Trailer Bill

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: August 23, 2016
| (1) Comment

Residential Infill in Davis and the Death of Governor Brown’s Affordable Housing Trailer Bill

By Leanna Sweha Last Friday’s article about campus housing generated a range of comments with competing v ...

By Leanna Sweha Last Friday’s article about campus housing generated a range of comments with competing views on where best to house students. Included was debate on the proposed Sterling 5th Street ...

August 23, 2016
| by Leanna Sweha

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Council to Consider EIR Project Alternatives for Sterling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 11, 2016
| (23) Comments

Council to Consider EIR Project Alternatives for Sterling

The city of Davis has shifted course on the proposed Sterling Apartment project on 5th Street. Originall ...

The city of Davis has shifted course on the proposed Sterling Apartment project on 5th Street. Originally they were looking to go the route of a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND, or Neg Dec), but ...

June 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Plaintiffs Fire Back that Expert Opinion Is Sufficient to Show Substantial Evidence

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2016
| (15) Comments

Plaintiffs Fire Back that Expert Opinion Is Sufficient to Show Substantial Evidence

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the Hotel Conference Center have now fired back against the city, w ...

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the Hotel Conference Center have now fired back against the city, who in a response argued that they had fully complied with CEQA (California Environmental Qualit ...

May 14, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Response Brief: City Fully Complied with CEQA on Hotel

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 02, 2016
| (18) Comments

Response Brief: City Fully Complied with CEQA on Hotel

The City of Davis, along with representatives for the Hotel Conference Center, have filed a joint opposit ...

The City of Davis, along with representatives for the Hotel Conference Center, have filed a joint opposition to the motion from attorneys representing Supporters of Responsible Planning in Davis, incl ...

May 02, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Bill That Would Have Shone Light on “Anonymous” CEQA Plaintiffs Fails in Committee

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: April 20, 2016
| (12) Comments

Bill That Would Have Shone Light on “Anonymous” CEQA Plaintiffs Fails in Committee

Would Bill Have Had Relevance to Nishi Lawsuit? By Leanna Sweha AB 2026 had its first and only hearing ye ...

Would Bill Have Had Relevance to Nishi Lawsuit? By Leanna Sweha AB 2026 had its first and only hearing yesterday in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. The purpose of AB 2026 was to address the ...

April 20, 2016
| by Leanna Sweha

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My View II: Is the Neg Dec Route Appropriate for Sterling?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 12, 2016
| (54) Comments

My View II: Is the Neg Dec Route Appropriate for Sterling?

When the city of Davis pushed through a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) on the Hotel Conference Cent ...

When the city of Davis pushed through a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) on the Hotel Conference Center, the city believed it was legally defensible, however, the project has since been bottled up ...

March 12, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Harrington Should Let the Voters Decide on Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 14, 2016
| (83) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Harrington Should Let the Voters Decide on Nishi

Nishi is a Political Process Not a Legal One – In the fall of 2011, the city council in the early morning ...

Nishi is a Political Process Not a Legal One – In the fall of 2011, the city council in the early morning hours of the new city manager’s first meeting, rammed through the Surface Water Project. A gro ...

February 14, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis Challenges Key Findings in CEQA Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2015
| (6) Comments

Analysis Challenges Key Findings in CEQA Report

Yesterday, we presented a critique of CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act), with the law firm of H ...

Yesterday, we presented a critique of CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act), with the law firm of Holland & Knight arguing that CEQA is often used not by environmental groups, but rather by ...

October 07, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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CEQA Litigation Abuse Undermines Purpose of Landmark Environmental Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2015
| (10) Comments

CEQA Litigation Abuse Undermines Purpose of Landmark Environmental Law

The California Environmental Quality Act, better known as CEQA, was landmark legislation passed in 1970 i ...

The California Environmental Quality Act, better known as CEQA, was landmark legislation passed in 1970 in order to create a statewide policy of environmental protection. While CEQA does not directly ...

October 06, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Will Harrington Challenge Hotel on CEQA Grounds?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2015
| (12) Comments

Will Harrington Challenge Hotel on CEQA Grounds?

Three weeks ago the Davis City Council tentatively approved the Hotel-Conference Center along Richards Bo ...

Three weeks ago the Davis City Council tentatively approved the Hotel-Conference Center along Richards Boulevard, and they did so making a Mitigated Negative Declaration arguing that the impacts of th ...

September 16, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Council Unanimously Approves Hotel Conference Center

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 26, 2015
| (105) Comments

Council Unanimously Approves Hotel Conference Center

Council Acknowledges Details Need to Be Worked Out on Core Elements: Traffic, Sustainability and Labor Wi ...

Council Acknowledges Details Need to Be Worked Out on Core Elements: Traffic, Sustainability and Labor With most of the council wanting to send the message of approval for the project, and none of the ...

August 26, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Council Weighs in on the Housing Issue at the Innovation Parks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2014
| (53) Comments

Council Weighs in on the Housing Issue at the Innovation Parks

Community Development Director Mike Webb on Tuesday night explained to the Davis City Council that right ...

Community Development Director Mike Webb on Tuesday night explained to the Davis City Council that right now, all three innovation park proposals – Mace, Northwest, and Nishi — are on schedule to be p ...

December 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (53) Comments

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City Proposes EIR Response Letter on Oil Train

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 29, 2014
| (6) Comments

City Proposes EIR Response Letter on Oil Train

In June, the City of Benicia’s Draft Environmental Impact Report downplayed the risk of accident and foun ...

In June, the City of Benicia’s Draft Environmental Impact Report downplayed the risk of accident and found that “the risk of an accidental release of crude oil from a train traveling from Roseville to ...

August 29, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Housing Advocates Push Arena Project to More For the Community

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 30, 2014
| (21) Comments

Housing Advocates Push Arena Project to More For the Community

Late last week, a group calling themselves Sacramento Coalition for Shared Prosperity filed a Petition fo ...

Late last week, a group calling themselves Sacramento Coalition for Shared Prosperity filed a Petition for Writ of Mandate asking the court to address the legal adequacy of the City’s Environmental Im ...

June 30, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (21) Comments

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