EHL Newsletter, Spring 2010 Vol 20 No 2

In 2001, EHL and the Sierra Club reached a legal settlement with the City of Ontario over its plan to urbanize thousands of acres of dairy land. The City has now moved forward to implement the mitigation program anticipated by that agreement.

Hopes were running high when, in 2008, the Legislature passed SB 375 to require the preparation of local land use plans that reduce greenhouse gases. But the first such effort in the state – from the San Diego Association of Governments – is off course.

In a legal victory for EHL and its allies, the City of Los Angeles must stop promoting the release of feral cats into the environment pending review under CEQA.

San Diego County’s groundbreaking General Plan Update is progressing while Riverside County’s first 5-Year Update to its General Plan illustrates how hard it is to keep good planning in place.

In the news media, EHL defended bedrock environmental laws – CEQA and California’s landmark global warming law – from attacks.

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