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The Environmental Quality Company

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    [UPDATED w/ Lawsuit Announced] Opponents of Anaheim Hotel Bed-Tax Giveaway Lawyer Up, Threaten Lawsuit

    ​UPDATE FEB 29 12:31 P.M.: The clock ticked past the Friday afternoon deadline last week given by Anaheim community leaders who vowed to legally challenge the $158 million dollar tax giveaway GardenWalk hotel project. An invitation to city officials and one of the hoteliers to sit down at the tab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Port of Long Beach Pact Allowing Truckers to Police Clean Trucks Program Draws Judge's Rebuke

    ​The Long Beach Harbor Commission illegally violated state environmental law when it weakened its truck cleanup program without first performing the required environmental review, a federal judge has ruled. Finding in favor of the Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Deal or No Deal: OC Fairgrounds Edition

    ​"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."Al Pacino's famous Godfather III line comes to mind when observing the Marx Brothersesque process to sell the state-owned Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa to someone . . . anyone.The only difference is those who seemed to be out are the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    Belardes, Mission San Juan Capistrano Settle Lawsuit

    Photo by Matt Coker The fountain gets to stay.Capistrano Dispatch reports the lawsuit pitting the Orange Diocese against Native Americans over a memorial garden installed above burial grounds at Mission San Juan Capistrano has been settled.The dispute produced a Weekly news story on the legal spat a ... More >>

  • News

    December 25, 2008

    Native American Battle Over a Mission San Juan Capistrano Garden Gets Ugly

    Photo by Matt Coker The fountain gets to stay.Capistrano Dispatch reports the lawsuit pitting the Orange Diocese against Native Americans over a memorial garden installed above burial grounds at Mission San Juan Capistrano has been settled.The dispute produced a Weekly news story on the legal spat a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2008

    Wanted: Environmental Analyst. Must Love Toll Roads

    In what could be seen by some as an admission of previous mistakes, the Transportation Corridor Agencies recently posted a job listing on the American Planning Association's website, HERE. Rather than go off on a diatribe about the TCA's claims that the Foothill-South (241) toll road extension was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2007

    DeVore Speaks (and effs up)

    Legendary Louisiana Governor Earl Long used to offer the following advice to political types: "Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2006

    TCA Sued Not Once, Not Twice, but THRICE!

    Today, Attorney General Bill Lockyer sued the Transportation Corridor Agencies. Read the complaint HERE. Lockyer is none too keen on their plan to build a toll road through San Onofre State Beach, impacting surfing resources, the San Mateo Campground, Native American sites, and engandered species. ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 8, 2004

    Grin and Ferret

    Today, Attorney General Bill Lockyer sued the Transportation Corridor Agencies. Read the complaint HERE. Lockyer is none too keen on their plan to build a toll road through San Onofre State Beach, impacting surfing resources, the San Mateo Campground, Native American sites, and engandered species. ... More >>

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    Lawyers, Monks and Money

    Fee decree may 'chill' enviro lawsuits

  • News

    July 4, 2002

    In the Sewage Pipeline

    Anti-dumping bill picks up steam

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    When the Levee Broke

    How a boy reporter stopped a flood with a letter

  • News

    September 2, 1999

    Monster In a Box

    New evidence that school really can make you sick

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