Curtin's California Land Use & Planning Law Thirty-third Edition (33rd Edition ) 2013

For over three decades, Curtin's California Land Use & Planning Law has provided a succinct and definitive summary of the major provisions of California's land use and planning laws. Curtin's has been cited by the California Supreme Court and numerous appellate courts as an authoritative source.
The new edition contains new, expanded discussions of several topics, including:
Analysis of new California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) case law providing guidance on the proper identification of an environmental baseline, the interplay between voter-sponsored initiatives and CEQA, and the relationship between project alternatives and project objectives (chapter 6)
An expanded analysis of the scope of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, including evaluation of new draft guidance from the Corps and EPA (chapter 7)
New guidance on when â¿¿agency actionâ¿¿ sufficient to trigger consultation requirements under the federal Endangered Species Act has occurred (chapter 8)
An analysis of draft agency policies seeking to interpret and harmonize species listing criteria under the federal Endangered Species Act (chapter 8)
An updated discussion of statewide stormwater permits and regional municipal separate stormwater system (MS4) permits (chapter 9)
An improved and expanded discussion of regulatory takings, including the new U.S. Supreme Court decision on temporary takings in the context of government-induced flooding (chapter 11)
A consolidated and reorganized chapter addressing the increasingly critical and interrelated issues of growth management, water supply planning, and sustainable development, including AB 32 and SB 375 (chapter 16)