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Follow us for commentary, analysis, and updates to do with Zoning and Land Use laws, as written by leading lawyers and law firms. A @JDSupra content feed.

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 8.17.26 jdsupra.com/legalnews/sustai… | by @allenmatkins
Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 8.17.26

Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 8.17.26

San Francisco has carved out hundreds of properties in three neighborhoods south of downtown from a landmark state housing law meant to make it easier to build housing near transit, arguing the...

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Using Temporary Pauses to Develop Permanent Regulation: The Growing Use of Data Center Moratoria jdsupra.com/legalnews/using-… | by @wilmerhale
Using Temporary Pauses to Develop Permanent Regulation: The Growing Use of Data Center Moratoria

Using Temporary Pauses to Develop Permanent Regulation: The Growing Use of Data Center Moratoria

In a February 2026 client alert, we examined the rapidly evolving legal landscape surrounding data center development, focusing first on emerging state and local regulatory initiatives. We...

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[VIDEO] Legal Implications of Data Center Projects jdsupra.com/legalnews/legal-… | by @OffitKurmanLaw
Legal Implications of Data Center Projects

Legal Implications of Data Center Projects

In this Litigators Lounge episode, Niall McMillan speaks with Anders Sleight about how rapid data center development has sparked increasing community and government pushback over impacts. They...

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Improving Compliance with Environmental Testing Services jdsupra.com/legalnews/improv…
Improving Compliance with Environmental Testing Services

Improving Compliance with Environmental Testing Services

Environmental testing services play a key role in helping businesses comply with environmental regulations. These services are necessary for making sure projects are safe and sustainable. By...

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 8.6.26 jdsupra.com/legalnews/sustai… | by @allenmatkins
Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 8.6.26

Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 8.6.26

After nearly two years of legal conflict over one of Menlo Park’s largest proposed developments on the former Sunset Magazine headquarters site, California Attorney General Rob Bonta has sided...

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Recent Court Case Limits and Shapes Judicial Review Under SGMA jdsupra.com/legalnews/recent… | by @NossamanLaw
Recent Court Case Limits and Shapes Judicial Review Under SGMA

Recent Court Case Limits and Shapes Judicial Review Under SGMA

A July 30, 2026 decision from the Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District in California in AquAlliance, et al. v. Vina Groundwater Sustainability Agency, et al. will shape what...

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The New Data Center Playbook | Chapter 2: Managing Social Risk And Opportunity jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-ne… | by @perkinscoiellp
The New Data Center Playbook | Chapter 2: Managing Social Risk And Opportunity

The New Data Center Playbook | Chapter 2: Managing Social Risk And Opportunity

Following the publication of our New Data Center Playbook, this article is the second chapter in a series of deep dives exploring the global market’s new race conditions for those investing in,...

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Program EIR Not Required To Assess Site-specific Impacts Of Potential Future Housing Sites jdsupra.com/legalnews/progra… | by @perkinscoiellp
Program EIR Not Required To Assess Site-specific Impacts Of Potential Future Housing Sites

Program EIR Not Required To Assess Site-specific Impacts Of Potential Future Housing Sites

In an important CEQA case addressing the requirements for a program-level EIR, the First District Court of Appeal ruled that the Town of Tiburon was not required to analyze the site-specific...

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Utah’s Emerging Framework for Responsible Data Center Development jdsupra.com/legalnews/utah-s… | by @swlawnews
Utah’s Emerging Framework for Responsible Data Center Development

Utah’s Emerging Framework for Responsible Data Center Development

Utah is establishing itself as one of the nation’s most attractive jurisdictions for large-scale data center development, with a structured, defensible regulatory pathway that gives developers...

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Department of the Interior Reverses Gaming Approval for Scotts Valley Band's Vallejo Casino jdsupra.com/legalnews/depart… | by @swlawnews
Department of the Interior Reverses Gaming Approval for Scotts Valley Band's Vallejo Casino

Department of the Interior Reverses Gaming Approval for Scotts Valley Band's Vallejo Casino

The roller coaster ride continues for the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians’ proposed casino near Vallejo, California. After receiving approval for the casino in January of 2025, the United...

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Understanding Solar Facility Options and Leases: A Guide for Landowners jdsupra.com/legalnews/unders… | by @SandsAnderson
Understanding Solar Facility Options and Leases: A Guide for Landowners

Understanding Solar Facility Options and Leases: A Guide for Landowners

Across Virginia and much of the country, solar development has expanded rapidly over the last decade. As developers search for suitable land, many property owners—particularly owners of farmland...

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Florida's Impact Fee Credit Rule: What Developers Must Know jdsupra.com/legalnews/florid… | by @BilzinLaw
Florida's Impact Fee Credit Rule: What Developers Must Know

Florida's Impact Fee Credit Rule: What Developers Must Know

Most local governments in Florida assess various impact fees for new developments, including but not limited to water impact fees, sewer impact fees, school impact fees, and transportation impact...

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Spokane Complex/Old Trails Wildfire jdsupra.com/legalnews/spokan… | by @cozen_oconnor

Spokane Complex/Old Trails Wildfire

On August 1, 2026, a wildfire erupted in Northwest Spokane during extremely hot, arid, and windy conditions. The fire quickly spread with wind gusts reported between 35 and 45 mph, tossing embers...

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The UK Forest Risk Commodity Regulation: Wood They or Wouldn't They? jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-uk… | by @Mayer_Brown
The UK Forest Risk Commodity Regulation: Wood They or Wouldn't They?

The UK Forest Risk Commodity Regulation: Wood They or Wouldn't They?

Deforestation is now the second leading cause of climate change globally, after burning fossil fuels, and is responsible for around 11% of all greenhouse gas emissions.

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Comment Period Closing Soon on the Proposed Listing of Two California Salamanders jdsupra.com/legalnews/commen… | by @NossamanLaw

Comment Period Closing Soon on the Proposed Listing of Two California Salamanders

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) has reopened the public comment period on its proposals to list the Kern Canyon slender salamander (Batrachoseps simatus) and the relictual slender...

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Timing Soil Testing for Optimal Land Development jdsupra.com/legalnews/timing…
Timing Soil Testing for Optimal Land Development

Timing Soil Testing for Optimal Land Development

Planning soil testing plays an important role in land development projects. By focusing on the right timing, environmental, health, and safety experts can enhance the effectiveness of both soil...

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Federal Agencies Shrink Definition Of “Take” Under The ESA jdsupra.com/legalnews/federa… | by @DLA_Piper
Federal Agencies Shrink Definition Of “Take” Under The ESA

Federal Agencies Shrink Definition Of “Take” Under The ESA

On July 10, 2026, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (together, Services) published the final rule (Rule) rescinding the regulatory definition...

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Proposition 45, its Implementation, and Its Benefits to Public Agencies jdsupra.com/legalnews/propos…
Proposition 45, its Implementation, and Its Benefits to Public Agencies

Proposition 45, its Implementation, and Its Benefits to Public Agencies

Proposition 45 has raised many questions among stakeholders, including public agencies. To dispel some confusion about how the new law would operate, Hanson Bridgett drafted the letter, below,

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What We Are Reading: Environmental & Energy Series - Week of July 27, 2026 jdsupra.com/legalnews/what-w… | by @RobinsonCole

What We Are Reading: Environmental & Energy Series - Week of July 27, 2026

From restricting exports of critical minerals, nuclear waste lifecycle plans, climate change liability, OSHA’s structure, and clean energy tax credits to leaf blowers and politically motivated...

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Texas Department of Transportation Executes Contracts for the Grand Parkway Segment B-1 Project jdsupra.com/legalnews/texas-… | by @NossamanLaw
Texas Department of Transportation Executes Contracts for the Grand Parkway Segment B-1 Project

Texas Department of Transportation Executes Contracts for the Grand Parkway Segment B-1 Project

On July 15, 2026, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) executed a design-build contract and associated capital maintenance contract for the SH 99 Grand Parkway Segment B-1 Design-Build...

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