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Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District |
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Alameda County Water District |
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Alameda Reuse and Development Authority |
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Amador Water Agency |
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Arvin-Edison Water Storage Distrct |
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Banta-Carbona Irrigation District |
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Bay Area Air Quality Management District |
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Bay-Delta Authority |
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Berkeley Toxics Management Department |
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Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency |
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Brophy Water District |
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Browns Valley Irrigation District |
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Buena Vista Water Storage District |
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California Air Resources Board |
August 2008: California Air Resources Board Issues Draft Scoping Plan to Implement State’s Global Warming Solutions Act |
June 2008: Rainwater Harvesting Catches the Attention of State and Local Goverment |
June 2008: Land Use Subgroup of California Climate Action Team Issues Draft Submission to the California Air Resources Board |
April 2008: Ninth Circuit Holds Clean Air Act Preempts California’s Marine Vessel Rules Pacific Merchant Shipping Association v. Goldstene, ___F.3d___ 07-16695 (9th Cir. Feb. 12, 2008) |
December 2007: California’s Governor and Attorney General Sue EPA for Delaying Action on Requested Waiver of Preemption Regarding Vehicle Emission Standards State of California v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 07-cv-02024, filed November 5, 2007 (D. D.C.) |
November 2007: Global Warming and California Water: As the State Develops Its Response, the Water Industry Anticipates Impacts and Solutions |
November 2007: California Attorney General Jerry Brown’s Crusade against Global Climate Change |
June 2007: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change: CEQA Catches Up with Science, Celebrities, and Product Placement |
March 2007: District Court Declares California’s Automotive Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations Preempted by the Clean Air Act Central Valley Chrysler-Jeep, et al. v. Witherspoon, et al., ___F.Supp.2d___ CVF 04-6663 AWI LJO (E.D. Cal. Jan. 16, 2007) |
February 2007: Global Warming Reaches California Regulatory Agencies and Courts—and You |
November 2006: District Court Denies California’s Motion to Dismiss Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulation Preemption Challenges, but Dismisses Dormant Commerce Clause and Sherman Act Claims Central Valley Chrysler-Jeep, et al. v. Witherspoon, et al., ___F.Supp.2d___ CVF 04-6663 AWI LJO (E.D. Cal. Sept. 25, 2006) |
November 2006: The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006—Taking on Global Warming by Legislating Reductions in Greenhouse Emissions |
October 2006: California Adopts Legislation Creating First-in-Nation State Regulatory Program For Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions |
February 2006: Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions |
December 2004: California Court of Appeal Upholds Asbestos Emissions Standards Coalition for Reasonable Regulation of Naturally Occurring Substances v. California Air Resources Board, ___Cal.App.4th___ C041897 (Cal. App. Oct. 1, 2004) |
January 2004: New Adventures in Project Cumulative Impact Assessments |
January 2004: Arnold Takes on the Environment: Governor Schwarzenegger Makes Four New Appointments to Important Environmental Positions |
November 2003: Third District Court of Appeal Upholds California Air Resources Board’s Efforts to Reduce Burning of Rice Straw in the Sacramento Valley |
November 2003: Third District Court of Appeal Upholds California Air Resources Board’s Efforts to Reduce Burning of Rice Straw in the Sacramento Valley Carrancho v. California Air Resources Board 111 Cal.App.4th 1255 (3rd Dist. 2003). |
April 2003: EPA to Require Clean Air Act Title V Permits for State's Stationary Sources: Is California's Agricultural Industry a Harbinger of Future Regulation Nationwide? |
October 2001: Governor Davis and Air Resources Board File Suit Seeking Waiver of EPA-Mandated Use of Oxygenates. Davis v. EPA Case No. 01-71356, filed Aug. 13. 2001 (9th Cir.) |
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California Board of Mining and Geology |
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California Department of Conservation |
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California Department of Environmental Protection |
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California Department of Finance |
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California Department of Fish and Game |
October 2008: Third District Court Lowers Standard to Obtain “Candidate” Species Status under State Endangered Species Act Center for Biological Diversity v. California Fish and Game Commission, ___Cal.App.4th___ C055059 (3rd Dist. Sept. 8, 2008) |
October 2008: California Supreme Court Finds Incidental Take Permit with an Overly Broad ‘No Surprise’ Clause An Abuse of Discretion Environmental Protection and Information Center, et al. v. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection et al., ___Cal.4th___ S1470547 (Cal. July 17, 2008) |
December 2007: Coastkeeper Suit Claims Department of Fish and Game Lags in Recommending Protective Instream Flows California Coastkeeper Alliance v. McCamman 07CS01353, filed, Oct. 9, 2007, Sacramento County Superior Court |
December 2007: Water Contractors File Notice of Intent to Sue the California Department of Fish and Game and the California Fish and Game Commission over Striped Bass Management |
May 2007: The California Endangered Species Act Is Like the ‘Hotel California’, where Endangered Species ‘Can Check in Anytime They Like, but They Can Never Leave’ |
March 2007: Sacramento Superior Court Overturns Fish and Game Commission’s Denial to List California Tiger Salamander under California ESA Center for Biological Diversity v. California Fish and Game Commission, 05-CS-00233, Sacramento County Sup. Ct (Dec. 14, 2006) |
February 2007: Third District Court Affirms Attorneys’ Fees Award Against State Agencies which Attempted to Convert Farmland under Williamson Act Contract into Wildlife Habitat County of Colusa v. California Wild Life Board et al. 145 Cal.App.4th 637 (3rd Dist. 2006) |
November 2006: Third District Finds Public Agencies Fulfilled Their Statutory Duties under CEQA and CESA In Creating Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan Environmental Council of Sacramento v. City of Sacramento, et al., 142 Cal.App.4th 1018 (3rd Dist. 2006) |
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California Department of Health Services |
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California Department of Housing and Community Development |
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California Department of Industrial Relations |
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California Department of Parks and Recreation |
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California Department of Public Health |
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California Department of Real Estate |
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California Department of Transportation |
October 2008: California Courts Continue to Focus on California Environmental Quality Act’s Requirements for Analysis of Project’s Contribution to Climate Change Environmental Council of Sacramento v. California Department of Transportation 07CS00967 (Sac. Co. Sup. Ct. July 15, 2008) |
October 2006: Third District Concludes Airport Variance Did Not Entitle County to Obstruct Navigable Airspace in Perpetuity Rancho Murieta Airport, Inc. v. County of Sacramento, ___Cal.App.4th___ C049783 (3rd Dist. Aug. 29, 2006) |
January 2006: Third District Rules Air Quality and Alternatives Analysis In EIR/EA for Proposed Hotel, Casino and Highway Interchange Project Inadequate County of El Dorado v. California Department of Transportation, et al. 133 Cal.App.4th 1376 (3rd Dist. 2005) |
January 2004: California Department of Transportation’s Transfer of Land, which Only Partially Lies within the Coastal Zone, to the Department of Parks and Recreation Does Not Offend the California Constitution Citizens For Hatton Canyon v. California Dept. of Transportation 112 Cal.App.4th 838 (6th Dist. 2003). |
February 2003: Fourth District Finds the California Department of Transportation's Acquisition of Park Property Did Not Require Legislative Approval Rolfe v. California Department of Transportation ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. D038865 (4th Dist. Dec. 11, 2002). |
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California Energy Commission |
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California Environmental Protection Agency |
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California Fish and Game Commission |
October 2008: Third District Court Lowers Standard to Obtain “Candidate” Species Status under State Endangered Species Act Center for Biological Diversity v. California Fish and Game Commission, ___Cal.App.4th___ C055059 (3rd Dist. Sept. 8, 2008) |
April 2008: Coalition of Water Users Sue California Fish and Game Agencies over Striped Bass Fishing Regulations in the Delta Coalition for a Sustainable Delta v. Carlson 2:08-cv-00220-FCD-KJM, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, filed Jan. 29, 2008 |
February 2008: Third District Court Upholds California Fish and Game Commission’s Coho Listings as Threatened and Endangered California Forestry Ass’n v. California Fish and Game Comm’n, ___Cal.App.4th___ C053866 (3rd Dist. Nov. 20, 2007) |
January 2008: Third District Court Upholds California Fish and Game Commission’s Coho Listings as Threatened and Endangered California Forestry Ass’n v. California Fish and Game Comm’n, ___Cal.App.4th___ C053866 (3rd Dist. Nov. 20, 2007) |
March 2007: Sacramento Superior Court Overturns Fish and Game Commission’s Denial to List California Tiger Salamander under California ESA Center for Biological Diversity v. California Fish and Game Commission, 05-CS-00233, Sacramento County Sup. Ct (Dec. 14, 2006) |
December 2004: California Fish and Game Commission Rejects Petition to List California Tiger Salamander as Endangered |
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California Health and Welfare Agency |
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California Reclamation Board |
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California State Mining and Geology Board |
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California Water Commission |
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California Wildlife Conservation Board |
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Carpinteria Valley Water District |
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Casitas Municipal Water District |
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Castaic Lake Water Agency |
January 2008: Superior Court Denies Challenge to EIR for Water Acquisition from Kern County Water Banking and Recovery Program California Water Impact Network, et al. v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, et al. BS106546, Los Angeles County Super. Ct., Nov. 19, 2007 |
November 2007: Second District Court Applies Vineyard Principles for the First Time in Approving County’s Water Supply Analysis Santa Clarita Organization For Planning The Environment, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, Newhall Land And Farming Company et al., 155 Cal.App.4th 660, (2nd Cir. 2007) |
October 2007: Los Angeles Superior Court Upholds Santa Clarita Urban Water Management Plan California Water Impact Network et al. v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, et al. BS 103295 (Los Angeles County. Sup. Ct.) |
May 2007: Superior Court Rules Castaic Lake Water Agency Was Proper Lead Agency for Water Transfer EIR— Water Transfer Agreement Is Final and Cannot Be Set Aside Planning and Conservation League, et al. v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, et al. BS098724 (Los Angeles Co. Super. Ct. April 2, 2007) |
February 2007: Environmental Group Allege ‘Paper Water’ In Challenging Water Supply Acquisition by Castaic Lake Water Agency |
May 2006: Environmental Groups Challenge Validity of Santa Clarita Valley Urban Water Management Plan California Water Impact Network v. Castaic Lake Water Agency CIV239359, filed Feb. 27, 2006 (Ventura Co. Super. Ct.) |
May 2006: Court Uphold’s Castaic Lake Water Agency’s Groundwater Banking Plan California Water Network v. Castaic Lake Water Agency Case No. B177978 (Ventura County Super. Ct. March 23, 2006) |
July 2005: Whittaker Corporation Agrees to Pay over $500,000 to Treat Santa Clarita Well Contaminated with Perchlorate |
May 2005: Environmental Groups File Petitions to Prevent Transfers of Water to Castaic Lake Water Agency Planning and Conservation League v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, Case No. 231588, Jan. 25, 2005 (Ventura Co. Super. Ct.); California Water Impact Network v. Castaic Lake Water Agency 231606, Jan. 24, 2005 (Ventura Co. Super. Ct.) |
April 2005: Win Some. Lose Some. Will It Ever End? The War over Water Supply in the Santa Clarita Valley |
January 2005: LAFCO Recommends Dissolution of Newhall County Water District in Draft Municipal Service Review |
November 2004: California Court of Appeal Holds that Urban Water Management Plan Is Invalid for Failing to Adequately Address Perchlorate Contamination Friends of the Santa Clara River v. Castaic Lake Water Agency F043273, unpubl. op. (5th App.Dist. Sept. 22, 2004) |
October 2004: Second District Permits Castaic Lake Water Agency to Enter the Retail Water Market in the Santa Clarita Valley Klajic v. Castaic Lake Water Agency 121 Cal.App.4th 5 (2nd Dist. 2004) |
December 2002: Court Rules Castaic Lake Water Agency Can Continue Purchasing Kern County Water Friends of the Santa Clara River v. Castaic Lake Water Agency Case No. BS 056954 (Los Angeles Superior Court Sept. 24, 2002). |
June 2002: California Supreme Court Declines to Visit Castaic Lake Decision which Struck Down EIR for Water Transfer Friends fo the Santa Clara River v. Castaic Lake Water |
June 2001: Two Bills Put Water Agencies at the Center of Planning Decisions and Challenges to Development |
June 2001: Two Bills Put Water Agencies at the Center of Planning Decisions and Challenges to Development, Centering upon Whether there Are Adequate Water Supplies for Proposed Projects |
January 2001: Castaic Water Agency Releases Long-Range Water Study Predicting Adequate Supplies for the Next Two Decades |
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Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency |
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Central and West Basin Water Replenishment District |
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Central Basin Municipal Water District |
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Central Coast Water Authority |
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Central Delta Water Agency |
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Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District |
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Chino Basin Desalter Authority |
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City of Guadalupe and Nipomo Community Services District |
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Coachella Valley Water District |
April 2008: Superior Court Dismisses Court Challenge of Quantification Settlement Agreement Quantification Settlement Agreement Coordinated Special Proceeding JC4353, Sacramento Superior Court |
February 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Study Finds Significant Land Subsidence in Coachella Valley |
December 2007: The QSA Cases Finally Take the Stage in the Next Act of Southern California’s Fight over Colorado River Water Quantification Settlement Agreement Coordinated Special Proceeding JC 4353. Sacramento County Superior Court |
July 2007: Coachella Valley Water District Begins Construction on Mid-Valley Pipeline |
January 2006: Imperial Irrigation District Announces Intent to Halt New Water Tranfers |
October 2005: Mexicali Farmers Sue to Stop Lining of All-American Canal Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, A.C. v. United States of America, et al. CV-S-05-0870-KJD-PAL, filed July 19, 2005 (D. Nev.) |
August 2005: Exportation of Local Water Supplies under Bottled Water Deals Causes Controversy |
July 2005: Nine Lawsuits Plague Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement |
February 2005: Water Districts in the Coachella Valley Settle Lawsuit over Groundwater |
March 2004: California: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply |
January 2004: Indian Band and Major Water Bottling Company Defend Right to Bottle Spring Water |
December 2003: The Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement—Wrapping Up the Deal |
November 2003: Following Other Western States, California’s Desert Golfing Mecca Takes Initial Steps in Regulating Water Use on Golf Courses |
November 2003: California Agreement on Colorado River Water Transfer Signed at Last |
October 2003: California Parties Once Again Close to Agreement on Colorado River Water Transfer |
August/September 2003: The Battle Over California’s IID-to-San Diego Water Transfer Heats Up on a Number of Fronts 2 |
May 2003: Federal Court Enjoins U.S. Interior Department from Cutting California's Imperial Irrigation District's Colorado River Water Imperial Irrigation District v. United States, Gale Norton, et al. Case No. 03CV0069W (JFS), filed Jan. 10, 2003 (S.D. Cal). |
April 2003: The Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement on the Brink - A View from San Diego |
April 2003: Negotiators Agree to Terms of Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement, but Final Agreement Is Not Yet Certain |
February 2003: Imperial Irrigation District Sues Department of Interior Officials over Reduction in Colorado River Water Allocation Imperial Irrigation District v. United States, Gale Norton, et al Case No. 03CV0069W (JFS), filed Jan. 10, 2003 (S.D. Cal) |
January 2003: Rice Farmers Offer to Fallow Land for Water Transfer to Southern California |
December 2002: California's Colorado River Entitlement and the IID/San Diego Transfer: A Cliffhanger to End All Cliffhangers |
December 2002: Imperial Irrigation District Water Transfer Scheduled to Be Finalized before December 31, 2002 Deadline |
February 2001: Regional: Bruce Babbitt Finalizes California's Colorado River Water Diet |
February 2001: Bruce Babbitt Finalizes California's Colorado River Water Diet |
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Coastal Commission |
August 2008: Fourth of July Celebration Halted by California Coastal Commission’s Ceaseand- Desist Order—Superior Court and Court of Appeal Affirm the Order Gualala Festival Committee v. California Coastal Commission filed, June 11, 2008 (Mendocino County Superior Court) |
July 2008: Second District Court Finds Vested Rights Are Superceded by California Coastal Act Pratt v. California Coastal Commission 162 Cal. App.4th 1068 (2008) |
July 2008: Sixth District Court Upholds $5.3 Million Mitigation Fee by California Coastal Commission as Condition of Coastal Development Permit Ocean Harbor House Homeowners Ass’n v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.App.4th ___ H031129 (6th Dist. May 23, 2008) |
July 2008: Ninth Circuit Finds District Court Erred in Awarding Developer Damages and Attorney’s Fees for Alleged Equal Protection Violation North Pacifica LLC v. City of Pacifica, ___F.3d___ 05-16069, 05-16146, 06-15102, 06-15131, 06, 15631, 06-15772 (9th Cir. May 13, 2008) |
May 2008: Third District Court Overturns Attorneys’ Fees Award against the California Coastal Commission Marine Forests Society v. California Coastal Commission 160 Cal.App.4th 867 (3rd Dist. Mar. 4, 2008) |
May 2008: News from the West |
April 2008: aaa aaa aaa |
March 2008: First District Rules Coastal Commission Lacks Authority to Declare Property Environmentally Sensitive Habitat on Appeal from Grant ofCoastal Development Permit Security National Guaranty, Inc. v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.App.4th___ A114647 (1st Dist. Jan. 25, 2008) |
March 2008: Environmental Groups Challenge Approval of Coastal Development Permit for Desalination Facility in Carlsbad Surfrider Foundation, Planning and Conservation League v. California Coastal Commission (Poseidon Resources, LLC, et al., Real Parties in Interest) 37-2008-00075727-CU-WM-CTL (San Diego Super. Ct., filed Jan. 14, 2008) |
March 2008: Presidential Proclamation Exempting Navy Sonar From NEPA/Coastal Act Invalidated for Failure to Show ‘Emergency’ Circumstances Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Winter, et al., ___F.Supp.2d___ 8:07-cv-00335-FMC-FMOx (C.D. Cal. Feb. 4, 2008) |
March 2008: Designating Land as “Environmentally Sensitive” under the Coastal Act After Security National Guaranty v. California Coastal Commission |
July 2007: Second District Overturns Coastal Commission Denial of Permit for Gates and No Trespassing Signs on Malibu Property LT-WR, LLC v. California Coastal Commission, ___ Cal.App.4th___ B187666 (2nd Dist. May 25, 2007) |
March 2007: Sixth District Finds Monterey County’s CEQA Determination ‘Intermediate Environmental Decision’ Not Subject to Judicial Review McAllister v. County of Monterey, ____Cal.App.4th ___ H028813 (6th Dist. Jan. 31, 2007) |
November 2006: First District Finds Moratorium-Related Tolling of Tentative Map Limited to Total of Five Years by Subdivision Map Act Ailanto Properties, Inc. v. City of Half Moon Bay 142 Cal.App.4th 572 (1st Dist. 2006) |
October 2006: Poseidon-Carlsbad Desalination Project Proceeds to California Coastal Commission for Application Review |
October 2006: Second District Concludes Boaters’ Right to View Coastline Not a Proper Consideration in Coastal Commission’s Regulation of Coastal Development Schneider v. California Coastal Commission 140 Cal.App.4th 1339 (2nd Dist. 2006) |
March 2006: Second District Holds Regulatory Taking Claim Is Ripe when County Denies Application to Subdivide Parcel into Two Residential Lots Dunn v. County of Santa Barbara, ___Cal.App.4th___ B175149 (2nd Dist. Jan. 25, 2006) |
August 2005: California Supreme Court Rules Coastal Commission Is Constitutional Marine Forests Society v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.4th___ S113466 (Cal. June 23, 2005) |
July 2005: California Supreme Court Backs Coasal Commission Grant of Housing Development Permit Sierra Club v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.4th___ S116081 (May 20, 2005) |
June 2005: Second District Court Rejects Neighbors’ Request to Intervene in Action Brought by City of Malibu and David Geffen Regarding Site Specific Coastal Public Access City of Malibu v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.App.4th___ B171650 (2nd Dist. April 25, 2005) |
May 2005: California Coastal Commission Loses Key Ruling in Affordable Housing Enforcement Action Blanton v. State of California, et al. 03CC00268, Orange County Superior Court (April 12, 2005) |
April 2005: Desalination Facilities and Coastal Power Plants: Finding New Use for Old Technology |
April 2005: Lawsuit Challenges the California Coastal Commission’s Approval of Dana Point Headlands Project |
March 2005: Citizens’ Petition to Compel City to Process Coastal Development Permit Is Not a SLAPP Suit despite Pending Appeal of State-Adopted Local Coastal Plan Visher v. City of Malibu, ___Cal.App.4th___ B173471 (2nd Dist. Feb. 1, 2005) |
March 2005: New Appointees Round Out California Coastal Commission |
October 2004: Unnecessary Preparation of Environmental Impact Report by Santa Barbara County Did Not Waive CEQA Exemption for Local Coastal Plan Amendment Santa Barbara County Flower and Nursery Growers Association, Inc. v. County of Santa Barbara, ___Cal.App.4th___ B170027 (2nd Dist. Aug. 17, 2004) |
October 2004: Second District Rejects Malibu’s Appeals to Escape from Coastal Commission’s Local Coastal Program Prepared Specifically for the City City of Malibu v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.App.4th ___ SS 011355 (2nd Dist. Aug. 23, 2004) |
October 2004: Landowner Is Time Barred from Challenging Predecessor’s Irrevocable Offer of Dedication Made in Return for Development Entitlements Serra Canyon Co., Ltd. v. California Coastal Commission 120 Cal.App.4th 663 (2nd Dist. 2004) |
July 2004: Governor Appoints Three New Members to California Coastal Commission. |
April 2004: County Ordinances Affecting Timber Harvesting Preempted by the Timberland Productivity Act and the Forest Practice Act Big Creek Lumber Company v. County of Santa Cruz 115 Cal.App.4th 952 (6th Dist. 2004). |
January 2004: California Department of Transportation’s Transfer of Land, which Only Partially Lies within the Coastal Zone, to the Department of Parks and Recreation Does Not Offend the California Constitution Citizens For Hatton Canyon v. California Dept. of Transportation 112 Cal.App.4th 838 (6th Dist. 2003). |
October 2003: Desalination by Public Entities in California Given Equal Protection by the Legislature, but Strict Scrutiny by the Coastal Commission |
June 2003: California Coastal Commission Does Not Have Jurisdiction to Consider Impacts Outside the Coastal Zone Sierra Club v. California Coastal Commission, 107 Cal.App.4th 1030 (1st Dist. 2003). |
May 2003: Coastal Commission Lacks Administrative Appellate Jurisdiction to Revisit a Coastal Development Permit Approval Ordered by Superior Court in Writ Proceeding in which It Was a Party City of Half Moon Bay v. Superior Court, 106 Cal.App.4th 795 (1st Dist. 2003). |
May 2003: A Culture of Unconstitutionality at the Coastal Commission |
February 2003: California Coastal Commission Held Unconstitutional; Legislative Responses Likely Marine Forests Society v. California Coastal Commission ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. C038753 (3rd Dist. Dec. 30, 2002). |
February 2003: Suspension of Oil Leases Off California's Coast Subject to Review under the State's Coastal Zone Management Act - United States Failed to Comply with the National Environmental Policy Act State of California v. Norton 311 F.3d 1162 (9th Cir. Dec. 2, 2002). |
November 2002: Court of Appeal Finds Offsite View Corridor Mitigation Is Consistent with Requirements of the California Coastal Act La Costa Beach Homeowners Association v. California Coastal Commission 101 Cal.App.4th 804 (2nd Dist. Aug. 29, 2002). |
November 2001: Public/Private Partnership Will Purchase 25,000 Forest Acres in Northern California for State Park |
June 2001: Sacramento Superior Court Finds the Actions of the California Coastal Commission Violates the Separation of Powers Doctrine of the State Constitution Marine Forests Society, et al. v. California Coastal Commission, et al. Case No. 00AS00567, Sacramento County Superior Court (April 24, 2001). |
May 2001: Coastal Development Permit Appeals: Surprise, You’ve Got ESHA! |
February 2001: United States Supreme Court Narrows the Federal Government's Authority to Regulate Wetlands Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States ___U.S.___, No. 99-1178, 01 C.D.O.S.269 (Jan. 9, 2001) |
February 2001: Federal: United States Supreme Court Narrows the Federal Government's Authority to Regulate Wetlands Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, et al ___U.S.___, No. 99-1178, 01 C.D.O.S.269 (Jan. 9, 2001) |
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Coastside Water District |
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Commission on State Mandates |
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Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles |
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Contra Costa Water District |
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Cucamonga County Water District |
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Cucamonga Valley Water District |
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Delta Protection Commission |
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Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force |
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Department of Fish and Game |
July 2008: Federal and State Agencies Consider Listing Longfin Smelt as Threatened or Endangered |
June 2008: Western States and Columbia River Basin Groups Implement Aggressive Programs to Insure Water Quality and to Protect Infrastructure Due to Invasive Quagga and Zebra Mussels |
June 2008: Discovery of Quagga Mussels in California Leads to Lake Closure—DFG Implements Detection Workshops |
May 2008: Third District Court Overturns Attorneys’ Fees Award against the California Coastal Commission Marine Forests Society v. California Coastal Commission 160 Cal.App.4th 867 (3rd Dist. Mar. 4, 2008) |
April 2008: Coalition of Water Users Sue California Fish and Game Agencies over Striped Bass Fishing Regulations in the Delta Coalition for a Sustainable Delta v. Carlson 2:08-cv-00220-FCD-KJM, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, filed Jan. 29, 2008 |
April 2008: Environmental Groups Sue Department of Fish and Game over Permitting Guidelines for Incidental Take of Coho Environmental Protection Information Center v. California Department of Fish and Game CGC 08-508127, San Francisco County Superior Court, filed Feb. 25, 2008 |
February 2008: California Department of Fish and Game Increases CEQA Document Filing Fees |
March 2007: Invasive Quagga Mussels Make Their Debut in Southern California |
January 2007: DWR Need Not Immediately Shut Down Delta Water Pumps over Fishery Concerns Watershed Enforcers v. California Dept. of Water Resources, et al. RG06292124, hearing Nov. 17, 2006, Alameda County Superior Court |
December 2006: Salton Sea Ecosystem Restoration Program Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Report Released for Public Review and Comment |
February 2006: First District Court Upholds Agreements Allowing Timber Harvesting in Humboldt County Environmental Protection Information Center v. California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection, ___Cal. App.4th___ A104828 (1st Dist. Dec. 12, 2005) |
December 2005: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Obstacles and Ironies in Dedicating Conservation Land in California |
October 2005: Environmental Groups File Suit in Federal and State Courts in California to Block Poisoning Paiute Cutthroat Trout in Sierra Nevada Streams Californians for Alternatives to Toxics, et al. v. State Water Resources Control Board, et al. 05CS01160 (Sac. Co. Super. Ct.); Californians For Alternatives to Toxics, et al. v. Jack Troyer, et al |
August 2005: California Supreme Court Rules Coastal Commission Is Constitutional Marine Forests Society v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.4th___ S113466 (Cal. June 23, 2005) |
May 2005: SWRCB Holds Public Workshop to Consider Petition Related to AB2121 Mandates Regarding Water Diversions on Central Coast Streams |
March 2005: Environmental Agencies and Trout Unlimited Petition the California SWRCB Regarding Failure to Issue a NPDES Permit for Rotenone Use |
January 2005: National Conservation Groups File Petition for Water Rights System Reform |
December 2004: Guiding Your Project through the Regulatory Rapids: Working with Resource Agencies |
December 2004: California Fish and Game Commission Rejects Petition to List California Tiger Salamander as Endangered |
August 2004: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Affirms Order Benefiting Eel River Salmon |
August 2004: Controversial Incidental Take Permit Is Issued under Riverside County’s Huge Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan |
June 2004: Collaboration Between Pacific Gas & Electric and Feather River Stakeholders Produces Agreement on FERC Relicensing Proposal. |
May 2004: Third Appellate Court: Looking at Gold Dredging, Defines a River’s “Banks” under California Fish and Game Code People v. Osborn ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No.C042750 (3rd Dist. March 8, 2004). |
April 2004: State Water Resources Control Board Dismisses Complaint Regarding Water Use on Garzas Creek in Carmel Valley |
April 2004: Owens River Restoration Project Moves Forward with Settlement Agreement |
February 2004: Ninth Circuit Holds that Conservation Easement Claims Brought by City after a Civil Compromise Were Not Barred by Res Judicata City of Martinez v. Texaco Trading & Transportation, Inc. et al. ___F.3d___, Case No. 02-16436 (9th Cir. Dec. 24, 2003). |
January 2004: California Fish and Game Commission Denies Petition for Listing of the Western Burrowing Owl |
November 2003: Water and Wine: Regulation of Vineyard and Winery Development and Operation in California’s North Coast Counties |
July 2003: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Draft Order Denying Petition to Revise the Declaration of Fully Appropriated Streams for the Lower American River |
October 2002: Court of Appeal Finds That Fish and Game Code Section 1603 May Diversions Tied to Pre-1914 Appropriative Water Rights People v. Murrison ___Cal.App.4th___,(3rd Dist.Aug.20 2002). |
October 2002: California Legislature Sends Two Water Bills to Governor’s Desk. |
August 2002: State and County Governments Held Liable in Inverse Condemnation for Negligent Maintenance of the Pajaro River Levee and Negligent Construction of Highway 1 Arreola v. Monterey County, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. H02133 (6th Dist. June 25, 2002). 2002). |
August 2002: Sixth Appellate District Issues New Flood Case Decision That May Change Standards of Liability |
May 2002: California Department of Fish and Game Reviews Comments on Proposed Amendments to Incidental Take Regulations |
January 2002: State Water Resources Control Board Holds Public Workshop to Discuss Narrative Salmon Protection Objective in the 1995 Bay-Delta Plan. |
July 2001: Sometimes the Twain Shall Meet: Conservation and Development in the Natomas Basin |
April 2001: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Revised and Final Decision for Yuba River |
January 2001: Government Appeals Federal Court Invalidation of Sacramento Splittail Listing San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Anne Badgley, et al., ___F.Supp.2d___, CV-F-5658OWW (E.D.Cal. June 23, 2000). |
January 2001: Federal: Government Appeals Federal Court Invalidation of Sacramento Splittail Listing San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Anne Badgley, et al ___F.Supp.2d___, CV-F-99-5658OWW (E. D. Cal. June 23, 2000) |
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