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Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District
June 2005: State Water Project Contractors File Suit against the Department of Water Resources Alleging Improper Billing Practices Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District, Zone 7 v. California Department of Water Resources 05AS61775, filed April 25, 2005 (Sac. Co. Super. Ct.)
Alameda County Water District
June 2005: State Water Project Contractors File Suit against the Department of Water Resources Alleging Improper Billing Practices Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District, Zone 7 v. California Department of Water Resources 05AS61775, filed April 25, 2005 (Sac. Co. Super. Ct.)
Alameda Reuse and Development Authority
June 2005: District Court Dismisses Insurers Claims against Federal Government on Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction American Int’l Specialty Lines Insurance Co. v. U.S., ___F.Supp.2d___ C 04-01591 (N.D. Cal. March 24, 2005)
Amador Water Agency
October 2005: Lawsuit Seeks to Invalidate Amador Water Agency Resolution Related to Amador Water Transmission Project Evitt v. Amador Water Agency 05-CV-3903, filed July 28, 2005 (Amador Co. Super. Ct.)
May 2004: Water Agency’s EIR Found Invalid under CEQA for Failure to Include a Statement of Reasons Protect the Historic Amador Waterways v. Amador Water Agency 116 Cal.App.4th 1099 (3rd Dist. 2004).
Arvin-Edison Water Storage Distrct
May 2001: Metropolitan Water District's First Market Search Yields Conceptual Approval of Two Transfer and Storage Agreements
Banta-Carbona Irrigation District
June 2005: Third District Court of Appeal Holds that Environmental Impact Reports Not Necessary for Two Water Assignments to the City of Tracy Sierra Club v. West Side Irrigation Dist. ___Cal.App.4th___ C044989, C045015 (5th Dist. March 22, 2005)
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
June 2008: District Court Dismisses Labor Organization’s Request for Order Preventing Air District from Issuing Power Plant Permits and to Compel EPA to Issue Endangerment Determination San Francisco Chapter of A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al., v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., ___F.Supp.2d___ C0 07-04936, (N.D. Cal. March 28, 2008)
Bay-Delta Authority
February 2006: California’s Governor Schwarzenegger to Decide Future of CALFED Program
November 2005: Ball, Strike or Balk? Public Accountablity and Judicial Restraint in In re Bay-Delta Programmatic Environmental Impact Report Coordinated Proceedings
November 2002: Governor Davis Signs Bill to Create California Bay-Delta Authority
Berkeley Toxics Management Department
February 2005: California Court of Appeal Finds Sale Agreement Language Only Obligated Seller to Clean Up Pre- Sale Contamination. Sierra Club v. Wayne Weber LLC, Case No. 107/03-0654 (Iowa Dec. 3, 2004).
Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency
November 2006: The Changing Landscape of Proposition 218: Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Verjil (Kelley)
October 2006: California Supreme Court Extends the Reach of Proposition 218 Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Verjil 39 Cal.4th 205 (2006)
October 2004: Water Agency’s Rates and Charges Are Not Subject to Proposition 218 Voter Approval or Initiative Process Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Beringson 120 Cal.App.4th 890 (4th Dist. 2004)
Brophy Water District
June 2005: The Proposed Lower Yuba River Accord: From Controversy to Consensus
Browns Valley Irrigation District
June 2005: The Proposed Lower Yuba River Accord: From Controversy to Consensus
Buena Vista Water Storage District
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
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.)
California Board of Mining and Geology
January 2005: First District Court Finds Alameda Initiative to Amend County General Plan Inapplicable to Previously Issued Surface Mining Permit Save Our Sunol, Inc. v. Mission Valley Rock Company, ___Cal.App.4th___ A105160 (1st Dist. Nov. 19, 2004)
California Department of Conservation
June 2006: Third District Upholds Mining Reclamation Regulation as within State Mining and Geology Board’s Authority and Consistent with the Surface Mining Act Mineral Associations Coalition v. State Mining and Geology Board 138 Cal.App.4th 574 (3rd Dist. April 12, 2006)
October 2005: California Supreme Court Rules Director of Department of Conservation Has Standing to File Petition for Writ of Mandate under SMARA People ex rel. California Dept. of Conservation v. El Dorado County (Brunius) 36 Cal.4th 971 (Cal. 2005)
June 2004: Keeping Them Down On the Farm—Recent Trends In Williamson Act Legislation
July 2003: Director of the California Department of Conservation Lacked Standing to Petition for Writ of Mandate against Lead Agency California Department of Conservation v. El Dorado County ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. C039428 (3rd Dist. May 9, 2003)
California Department of Environmental Protection
January 2005: National Conservation Groups File Petition for Water Rights System Reform
October 2004: Governor’s Performance Review Panel Recommends Elimination of SWRCB, Division of Water Rights, and Regional Water Quality Control Boards
California Department of Finance
January 2006: California Department of Finance and the Little Hoover Commission Scrutinize CALFED
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)
California Department of Health Services
February 2008: Congress Asks Why Federal Agency Has Failed to Conduct TCE-Related Health Studies
December 2007: Sixth District Court Holds California Safe Drinking Water Act Imposes Mandatory Duties on Health Of- ficials to Review and Respond to Water Quality Monitoring Reports Guzman v. County of Monterey 155 Cal.App.4th 645 (6th Dist. 2007)
January 2006: Sixth District Determines that City Measure to Prevent Fluoridation of Drinking Water Supply Is Preempted by State Law Requiring Fluoridation City of Watsonville v. California Department of Health Services 113 Cal.App.4th 875 (2005)
December 2005: Ninth Circuit Upholds Divestiture and Financial Penalties to Water System Operator for Violations of the Safe Drinking Water Actv United States v. Alisal Water Corp., ___F.3d___ 02-15907, 04-16210 (9th Cir. Oct. 13, 2005)
June 2004: California  Environmental Protection Agency Sets Public Health Goal for Arsenic in Drinking  Water
May 2004: State Officials Clash over whether Public Bond Funds Should Be Available to Private Water Companies
August 2002: Third District Upholds Secondary Drinking Water Standard For MTBE. Western States Petroleum Association, et al. v. Department of Health Services, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. CO37502 (3rd Dist. July 27, 2002).
July 2001: Federal and State Governments to Study Effects of Chromium 6 in Drinking Water
California Department of Housing and Community Development
June 2008: Third District Court Allows Low-Income Housing Landlord to Pursue Contract Action against California Department of Housing 300 DeHaro Street Investors v. California Department of Housing and Community Development, ___Cal.App.4th___ C05033 (April 10, 2008)
May 2007: Sixth District Upholds General Plan’s Housing Element Despite Findings by Department of Housing that Plan Did Not Comply with Housing Element Law Fonseca v. City of Gilroy, ___Cal.App.4th___ H028369 (6th Dist. Mar. 23, 2007)
June 2005: Sixth District Court Holds State Law Preempts County Ordinance Requiring Local Approval for Installation of Multi-Story Mobilehomes County of Santa Cruz v. Waterhouse 127 Cal.App.4th 1483 (6th Dist. 2005)
California Department of Industrial Relations
January 2006: First District Revisits Prevailing Wage Law in Connection with Redevelopment Agency’s Reimbursement of Land Acquisition Costs to Developer Greystone Homes, Inc. v. Chuck Cake, Unpub. Op. A107763 and A107769 (1st Dist. Nov. 22, 2005)
California Department of Parks and Recreation
June 2008: Land use legislation
December 2007: Center for Biological Diversity Files CEQA Lawsuit Challenging Oceano Dunes Race Permit Center for Biological Diversity v. California Department of Parks and Recreation filed Oct. 29, 2007, Sacramento County Superior Court
July 2007: Land use legislation
December 2004: Fourth District Court Upholds EIR For Conversion of Mobile Home Park to Public Recreational Facilities El Morro Community Association v. California Department of Parks and Recreation 122 Cal.App.4th 1341 (4th Dist. 2004)
August 2004: Angel Island State Park Replaces Discharge of Secondary Treated Effluent to Central San Francisco Bay with Land Disposal to Onsite Subsurface Land Disposal System
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).
March 2002: State Bond Measure Totaling $ 2.6 Billion to Appear on March Ballot
November 2001: Public/Private Partnership Will Purchase 25,000 Forest Acres in Northern California for State Park
California Department of Public Health
November 2007: New State Regulations Set Legal Limit for Perchlorate in Public Water Supplies
California Department of Real Estate
March 2004: Prospective Purchaser in a Project Subject to the Subdivided Lands Law Was Entitled to Recover under a Bond for Developer Breach, where Agreement Preceded Bond Corby v. Gulf Insurance Co 114 Cal.App.4th 1371 (2nd Dist. 2004).
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).
California Energy Commission
June 2008: District Court Dismisses Labor Organization’s Request for Order Preventing Air District from Issuing Power Plant Permits and to Compel EPA to Issue Endangerment Determination San Francisco Chapter of A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al., v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., ___F.Supp.2d___ C0 07-04936, (N.D. Cal. March 28, 2008)
July 2004: First District Court Finds CEQA Is Not Implicated in Issuance of Federal Power Plant Permit. City of Morgan Hill v. Bay Area Air Quality Management Dist., ___Cal.App.4th___ A102518 (1st Dist. May 14, 2004 ).
October 2003: California Energy Commission’s Decision to Approve a Power Plant Did Not Become Ripe for Judicial Challenge Until 30 Days after the Decision Was Filed with Its Docket Unit Figueroa v. California Energy Com 110 Cal.App.4th 1115 (4th Dist. 2003.)
April 2003: Court of Appeal Finds Supreme Court's Summary Denial of Mandamus Petition on Thermal Power Plant Sufficient to Constitute Final Determination on the Merits of the Claim Santa Teresa Citizen Action Group, et al. v. California Energy Commission 105 Cal.App.4th 1441(3rd Dist. 2003).
October 2001: Does California's Energy Crisis Create Additional Burdens For Developers and Public Agencies under the California Environmental Quality Act?
California Environmental Protection Agency
November 2007: Global Warming and California Water: As the State Develops Its Response, the Water Industry Anticipates Impacts and Solutions
October 2007: Land use legislation
August 2007: Land use legislation
July 2007: Land use legislation
May 2005: SWRCB Holds Public Workshop to Consider Petition Related to AB2121 Mandates Regarding Water Diversions on Central Coast Streams
June 2004: California  Environmental Protection Agency Sets Public Health Goal for Arsenic in Drinking  Water
January 2004: Arnold Takes on the Environment: Governor Schwarzenegger Makes Four New Appointments to Important Environmental Positions
May 2003: Riverside County Resident Causes Waves by Selling Local Spring Water to Bottling Companies
March 2003: California Legacy Project Launches the On-Line California Digital Conservation Atlas
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.)
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
California Health and Welfare Agency
March 2006: Court of Appeal Upholds Lower Court Ruling that Plaintiff Failed to Prove a Discharge in Violation of Proposition 65 As You Sow v. Conbraco Industries, ___Cal.App. 4th___ A106660, (1st Dist. filed Dec. 12, 2005, certified for publication Jan. 4, 2006)
California Reclamation Board
October 2006: Environmental Groups Sue to Ensure Decision-Makers Account for Global Warming When Considering Future Development
December 2005: River Islands at Lathrop Reconfigured to Avoid Flood Control Regulations that Threatened to Delay Development
California State Mining and Geology Board
June 2006: Third District Upholds Mining Reclamation Regulation as within State Mining and Geology Board’s Authority and Consistent with the Surface Mining Act Mineral Associations Coalition v. State Mining and Geology Board 138 Cal.App.4th 574 (3rd Dist. April 12, 2006)
California Water Commission
July 2002: Governor Davis Nominates Water Commission and SWRCB Members
California Wildlife Conservation Board
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)
Carpinteria Valley Water District
January 2005: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Issues Record of Decision on Cachuma Project
Casitas Municipal Water District
October 2004: Matilija Dam Removal Project Prompts Opposition from Local Water District
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
Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency
February 2006: Fourth District Court Upholds Early Property Valuation in Quick Take Eminent Domain Proceedings Despite Substantial Increase in Property Value Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency v. Stickles, ___Cal.App.4th___ E036456, (4th Dist. Dec. 19, 2005)
Central and West Basin Water Replenishment District
May 2005: California Water Districts Sign Water Spreading Agreement to Replenish Groundwater in the Central Basin
August/September 2003: Second District Court of Appeal Upholds Denial of Motion to Equitably Apportion Unused Storage Capacity in Adjudicated Groundwater Basin Central and West Basin Water Replenishment District v. Southern California Water Company, et al. 109 Cal.App.4th 891 (2nd Dist. June 3, 2003).
Central Basin Municipal Water District
June 2008: Metropolitan’s New Water Supply Allocation Plan Gets Challenged Immediately
Central Coast Water Authority
July 2003: Court Approves Settlement in Litigation over Monterey Amendments Planning and Conservation League v. Department of Water Resources 83 Cal. App. 4th 892 (2000).
February 2001: California Supreme Court Declines to Review Court of Appeal's Decision Invalidating The Monterey Agreement EIR Planning and Conservation League v. Department of Water Resources, 83 Cal.App.4th 892 (Sept. 15, 2000) pet. for Reh Denied Cal.Sup.Ct., (Dec. 13, 2000)
Central Delta Water Agency
August 2006: Ninth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment In Favor of the Bureau of Reclamation in Its Execution of Plan under the Central Valley Project Central Delta Water Agency v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, ____ F.3d. ____ 04-16632, (9th Cir. May 22, 2006)
April 2006: Third District Court of Appeal Rules on the Validity of SWRCB’s Decision D-1641 State Water Resources Control Board Cases, ___Cal.App.4th___ C044714, (3rd Dist. Feb. 9, 2006)
July 2002: Delta Wetlands Project Prevails in Water Rights Litigation Central Delta Water Agency, et al. v. State Water Resources Control Board, et al. Case No. 01CS00345 (Sacramento County Superior Court April 25, 2002)
February 2001: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Order Approving Transfer of Water to CALFED's Environmental Water Account
Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District
August 2004: Threats Loom to New Melones Water Supplies
June 2004: San Joaquin Water Districts File Claim Against Federal Goverenment for Taking Their Water
Chino Basin Desalter Authority
April 2003: State of California Raises Fees to Administer Water Bond Funds; Local Agencies Affected
City of Guadalupe and Nipomo Community Services District
August 2005: Court Provisionally Approves Stipulation to End Eight-Year Santa Maria Basin Adjudication
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
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)
Coastside Water District
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)
Commission on State Mandates
July 2005: Court Rules Commission Must Consider whether State Is Required to Pay for Stormwater NPDES Compliance Costs County of Los Angeles v. State of California BS089769 (Los Angeles Cty. Superior Ct. 2005)
Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles
October 2007: Second District Upholds City’s Use of Addendum under CEQA where Revised Project Will Not Result in New Significant Impacts or Increase Severity of Disclosed Impacts Mani Brothers Real Estate Group v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.4th___ B194309 (2nd Dist. Aug. 3, 2007)
Contra Costa Water District
February 2008: Sacramento Superior Court Invalidates EIR for Expansion of Sacramento Area Wastewater Treatment Plant Contra Costa Water District v. Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, 05CS00908 (Sac. Co. Super. Ct. Nov. 28, 2007)
February 2007: Lawsuit Filed over Contra Costa Water District’s Plan to Divert Water from a New Delta Intake Location San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority v. Contra Costa Water District 06CS01778 (Sacramento Super. Ct., filed Dec. 15, 2006)
April 2004: Contra Costa County Voters Approve Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project in “Measure N” Advisory Vote
October 2001: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Numerous Orders Approving Temporary Water Transfers
Cucamonga County Water District
January 2004: Two Federal Bills Would Allow Federal Participation in Desalination and Water Recycling Projects, Improve Inland Empire Water Prospects
Cucamonga Valley Water District
July 2005: U.S. House of Representatives Approves Inland Empire Water Recycling Funding
Delta Protection Commission
August 2008: New Challenges to Development in the Delta: the Delta Protection Commission’s Decision on the Old Sugar Mill Project
March 2007: Delta Protection Commission Concludes Old Sugar Mill Project Is Inconsistent with the Delta Protection Act
January 2007: Appeals Filed with the Delta Protection Commission Challenging Yolo County’s Approval of the Old Sugar Mill Project
Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force
October 2008: California Attorney General Opines in Correspondence to Delta Vision Task Force on How to Reallocate California’s Water
August 2008: Delta Vision Task Force Releases Draft Strategic Plan for Public Review and Comment: ‘A Good Start’
February 2008: Blue Ribbon Task Force Releases Final ‘Delta Vision’
January 2008: Assemblymember Wolk Questions State’s Authority to Construct ‘Peripheral Canal’
January 2008: State Water Board Adopts Resolutions Regarding Delta Protection
December 2007: Governor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force Offers Second Draft of Its Vision for the Delta
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)
Department of Food and Agriculture
March 2006: First District Finds State Agency Must Conduct CEQA Review of Use of Pesticide Products in Winegrap Disease Control Program Californians for Alternatives to Toxic, et al. v. Calif. Department of Food and Agriculture, ___Cal.App.4th___ A107088, published Jan. 27, 2006 (1st Dist. Dec. 29, 2005)
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).
October 2002: California Legislature Sends Two Water Bills to Governor’s Desk.
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
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)
July 2008: California Supreme Court Allows Flexibility in Environmental Review of Timber Harvest Plans Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch v. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, ___Cal.4th___ S143689 (Cal. May 22, 2008)
June 2007: First District Rules EIR Required for Timberland-to- Vineyard Conversion with Potential Impacts to Watershed and ‘Sediment and Temperature Impaired’ Salmon Sierra Club v. California Department of Forestry, ___Cal.App.4th___ A113774 (1st Dist. Mar. 29, 2007)
November 2006: First District Finds Abuse of Discretion, Violations of CEQA in Agency’s Approval of Timber Harvest Plan Modified During Public Comment Period Joy Road Area Forest and Watershed Association v. California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection 142 Cal.App.4th 656 (1st Dist. 2006)
June 2006: Fifth District Faults California Department of Forestry for Failing to