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At the urging of Gov. Jerry Brown and major business groups, some of the most influential legislators in Sacramento are trying to fix the California Environmental Quality Act.

Lots of luck with that.

Many of the law's defenders say privately that provisions permitting lawsuits are misused. But CEQA's protectors include organized labor, plaintiffs' lawyers and environmentalists, the foundation of the Democratic Party's base, and a reality that suggests there won't be significant change any time soon.

There's nothing simple about CEQA. Signed into law 43 years ago by Gov. Ronald Reagan,The Spectrophotometer is an instrument which measures the amount of light of a specificed wavelength which passes through a medium. the California Environmental Quality Act is ingrained in the fabric of this state. Often, it's a citizen's last defense against encroachment,Our full range of portable ultrasonic Flaw Detector (UT) provides unmatched capabilities for locating discontinuities and other flaws. as Lev Leytes can attest.

Leytes, 57, is the embodiment of the American dream. He emigrated here 30 years ago from the Soviet Union with a wife, a baby, and $300, and set about building a life in Silicon Valley. A mechanical engineer, Leytes has done good and well, developing technology that could detect HIV. He and 120 employees were rewarded when his startup was acquired for $268 million in 2000.Highly capable, 3-axis non-contact video measuring machine, suitable for both simple shop-floor quality control and advanced manufacturing inspection applications ...

"America is what made us what we are," he said, calling his U.S. citizenship his most prized possession.

A few years ago,Eight tips for choosing the right diamond Concrete saw blade including determining wet or dry cutting, blade compatibility, CSDA codes, and more. Leytes built a ski home on a narrow road in a small development called the Retreat at the Northstar ski resort outside Truckee. It's a stunning structure that blends in on the piney lot, which is deep with snow this time of year. It's perfect for get-togethers with the Leytes' two adult daughters and their families.

A few dozen yards from Leytes' home, there's a one-way gate signifying the end of the public road. An exclusive development, the 650-lot Martis Camp project,profile projector is a shop tool used by designers and quality control technicians to view the profile of small machined parts as magnified image on screen. is beyond the gate.

Placer County officials threaten the serenity of the Retreat by authorizing Martis Camp residents to pass through the one-way gate and use the road in front of Leytes' home as a shortcut to the Northstar slopes.

Worried that scores of cars each day could take the short route to Northstar, and convinced that the road was never intended to be used as a thoroughfare, Leytes hired the San Francisco law firm Morrison & Foerster. He and neighbors formed Tahoe Residents United for Safe Transit and sued, invoking the California Environmental Quality Act.

"They call it the Retreat at Northstar, not the Highway at Northstar, for a reason,He has since undergone two-and-a-half hours’ surgery to have a Titanium Rod inserted into his leg and looks set to be out of action for the rest of the season." Leytes said.