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“Growing Pains”: First District Holds Program EIR for San Francisco’s General Plan Housing Element Amendment Complies with CEQA

In a lengthy published opinion filed on August 22, 2018, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 4) affirmed the trial court’s judgment rejecting various CEQA challenges to the City of San Francisco’s (“City”) Program EIR analyzing the environmental impacts … Continue reading

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A Top Candidate for New York Fed’s Leader: San Francisco’s

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is set to retire this year. One possible replacement is John Williams, who has led the San Francisco Fed since 2011. Read more detail on Recent Business Law posts – … Continue reading

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San Francisco’s D.A. Is Clearing Thousands of Marijuana Convictions. Others Around the Country Should Do the Same

A smarter justice system isn’t just good policy. It’s good politics, too. It has taken decades, billions of dollars, and thousands of laws to turn the United States into the largest incarcerator in the world. This system also imposes on … Continue reading

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