Jennifer Hernandez

Dec 10, 2024 | mondaq.com | Jennifer Hernandez |Kevin Ashe

HK Holland & Knight More Holland & Knight is a global law firm with nearly 2,000 lawyers in offices throughout the world. Our attorneys provide representation in litigation, business, real estate, healthcare and governmental law. Interdisciplinary practice groups and industry-based teams provide clients with access to attorneys throughout the firm, regardless of location.

Nov 28, 2024 | mondaq.com | Jason Hill |Jim Noe |Rafe Petersen |Jennifer Hernandez

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently ruled that the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) lacks statutory authority to issue binding regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Nov 27, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Jennifer Hernandez

Why Does This Decision Matter? The short answer is that this major decision will impact anyone needing an environmental review for federal approvals or funding. NEPA practitioners are still pondering the consequences of this decision, and how it will impact recipients of federal funding and project proponents needing environmental reviews has yet to be fully determined. While each of the agencies has its own NEPA regulations, the CEQ rules have been the cornerstone of all NEPA review for decades.

Oct 8, 2024 | city-journal.org | Jennifer Hernandez

Costs are on the rise, especially in California, where they approach the astronomical. The state’s residents pay $53,170 per year for essential goods and services, more than 30 percent above the national median. They face the nation’s highest median housing, second-highest transportation, and third-highest food costs. The state is also increasingly unequal, as it is home both to America’s highest cost-adjusted poverty rate and to its largest number of billionaires.

Aug 18, 2024 | city-journal.org | Jennifer Hernandez

Despite their progressive bona fides, many California leaders are increasingly comfortable acknowledging that the state’s climate policies will harm the poor and benefit the wealthy. In 2023, Golden State bureaucrats belatedly disclosed that achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 would cumulatively reduce the incomes of families making less than $100,000 per year by $5.3 billion, while enriching higher-income households by the same amount.