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Mining lawyer: California’s SB 108 enacts new legislation pertaining to “idle” mines and addresses some of the problems existing in SMARA’s idle mine provisions, including interim management plans Kerry Shapiro’s paper on California SB 108, which changes provisions in the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (SMARA) pertaining to “idle” mines, was first presented […]
JMBM Development Rights Newsletter Spring 2011 Court Decision Changes CEQA Related Traffic Impact Analyses To view this article as a pdf, click here. A recent court decision has already changed the way many public agencies evaluate traffic impacts in analysis reports prepared to satisfy the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). On December 16, 2010, the […]
JMBM Development Rights Newsletter Spring 2011 JMBM Proposes Amendments to CEQA To view this article as a pdf, click here. JMBM’s land use attorneys partnered with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, including its developer members, to draft amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) (Public Resources Code, Division 13, Sections 21000 et al) that […]
JMBM Development Rights Newsletter Spring 2011 Eldercare Housing Crisis Looming To view this article as a pdf, click here. We are getting older and living longer. The statistics for the growth of the elderly are compelling. In the past few years we have seen several types of new private eldercare facilities, such as independent living […]
Kerry Shapiro’s article, “Court Decision to Create Confrontation Between Local Lead Agencies and Federal Land Managers” was published by The Conveyor. It discusses a recent decision that addresses the management of federal lands and resources within California counties.
Ben Reznik’s article, "California Can’t Afford to Let Cities Slide on Housing", was published by the Los Angeles Business Journal. The article discusses SB 1818, and the ongoing issues involving cities and the development of affordable housing.
Ben Reznik was profiled and interviewed by the California Real Estate Journal on his professional accomplishments.
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that recently there has been a rash of requests for full environmental impact reports (EIRs) from community groups, project opponents and elected officials all over southern California, but particularly in Los Angeles. Is it that each one of these projects truly has potential adverse environmental impacts that cannot […]
Benjamin M. Reznik’s article entitled, "Affordable Housing Doesn’t Necessarily Lead to Less Traffic," was published in the August 6, 2007 issue of the Los Angeles Business Journal.
