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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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Association of Bay Area Governments ABAG |
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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 |
February 2010: Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions | |
January 2010: The California Air Resources Board Releases Its First Annual GHG Reporting Data and Preliminary Draft Regulation for State Level Cap and Trade Program | |
January 2010: California Air Resources Board Adopts Climate Change Scoping Plan | |
January 2010: California Releases Preliminary Draft Regulation for Cap and Trade Program | |
November 2009: Climate Action Reserve’s ‘Forest Project Protocol 3.0’ Adopted by the California Air Resources Board | |
June 2009: California Adopts World’s First Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Sets Higher Standard than Proposed Federal LCFS |
June 2009: Land use legislation | |
May 2009: Land use legislation | |
March 2009: Tackling Climate Change: Taking A Regional Perspective | |
March 2009: President Obama Directs U.S. EPA to Reconsider Denial of California Clean Air Act Waiver Request | |
February 2009: California Air Resources Board Adopts Bus and Truck Rule and Heavy Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Measure to Reduce Environmental Impacts of Diesel Fueled Vehicles | |
December 2008: California Air Resources Board and California Energy Commission Siting Committee Begin to Develop CEQA Greenhouse Gas Thresholds of Significance |
November 2008: California Air Resources Board Unveils Proposed Scoping Plan for Implementing Landmark Climate Legislation | |
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 Climate Action Registry |
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California Coastal Conservancy |
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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 |
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December 2009: Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Safe Harbor Law Providing Landowners with Species ‘Incidental Take’ Coverage |
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 |
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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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December 2008: California Air Resources Board and California Energy Commission Siting Committee Begin to Develop CEQA Greenhouse Gas Thresholds of Significance | |
November 2008: First District Finds Claim by Public for Breach of Public Trust Must Be Brought against Public Agencies— Not against Windfarm Operators Center for Biological Diversity, Inc. v. FPL Group, Inc., ___Cal.App.4th___ A116362 (1st Dist. Sept. 18, 2008) | |
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? |
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California Environmental Protection Agency |
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California Fish and Game Commission |
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April 2009: California Fish and Game Lists the California Tiger Salamander as a Candidate for Protection under the California Endangered Species Act | |
April 2009: Delisting California Brown Pelican Is Landmark Species Recovery |
January 2009: In the Wake of Fish and Game Commission’s Adoption of Longfin Smelt Emergency Regulations, Water Contractors File December Lawsuits State Water Contractors v. Fish and Game Commission, et al. BS 118166 | |
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 Judicial Council |
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California Reclamation Board |
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California State Mining and Geology Board |
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California Transportation Commission |
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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 |
February 2010: News from the West | |
February 2010: Second District Upholds Environmental Review for Castaic Lake Water Agency Water Transfer Planning and Conservation League v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, ___Cal.App.4th___ B200673 (2nd Dist. Dec. 17, 2009) | |
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 |
November 2009: District Court Issues Decision Dismissing Central and South Delta Water Agencies’ Challenge to the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan Central Delta Water Agency et al. v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, et al., ___F.Supp.2d___ 1:09-CV-00861 OWW DLB (E.D. Cal.) | |
June 2009: Central Delta Water Agency and South Delta Water Agency Sue to Stop Delta Conveyance Facility |
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 |
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Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District |
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Chino Basin Desalter Authority |
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Chino Basin Watermaster |
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City of Guadalupe and Nipomo Community Services District |
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Coachella Valley Water District |
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February 2010: Colorado River ‘Quantification Settlement Agreement’ Invalidated as Unconstitutional | |
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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February 2010: Second District Upholds Coastal Commission’s Denial of a Coastal Development Permit as Inconsistent with City’s Local Coastal Plan Reddell v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.App.4th___ B206428 (2nd Dist. Dec. 1, 2009) | |
August 2009: Second District Holds California Coastal Commission Properly Considered Coastal View in Deciding Permit Application Farr v. California Coastal Commission, 173 Cal. App.4th 1474 (2nd Dist. 2009). | |
July 2009: San Diego Superior Court Decision Paves Way for Construction of Carlsbad Desalination Project Surfrider Foundation v. California Coastal Commission 37-2008-00075727 (San Diego Super. Ct. May 7, 2009) | |
June 2009: Fourth District Rules CEQA 30-Day Statute of Limitations Applies to Agency Action Taken Pursuant to a Certified Regulatory Program Strother v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal. App.4th___ G040745 (4th Dist. April 30, 2009) | |
June 2009: Pacific Legal Foundation Files Suit Challenging California Coastal Commission’s Permit Requirement of Agricltural Easement | |
March 2009: Sixth District Finds Coastal Commission Failed to Make Findings that Denying a Development Permit Would Result in a ‘Taking’ in Violation of the Coastal Act McAllister v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.App.4th___ H031283 (6th Dist. Dec. 30, 2008) | |
February 2009: Coastal Commission to Hear Appeal of Malibu’s Approval of Beachfront Development Alberstone v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.App.4th___ B202008 (2nd Dist. Dec. 29, 2008) | |
February 2009: Second District Rules Coastal Commission Lacks Permitting Authority with Respect to Fence Repair that Was Integral to a Boundary Agreement Burke v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal. App.4th___ B207188 (2nd Dist. Dec. 2, 2008) | |
December 2008: Second District Court Holds Property Owner Estopped to Contest Coastal Commission’s Jurisdiction over Protracted Proceedings Mt. Holyoke Homes, L.P. v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.App.4th___ B201517 (2nd. Dist. Oct. 21, 2008) | |
November 2008: Second District Court Upholds Ruling that the California Coastal Commission Substantially Complied with Hearing Notice Requirements North Pacifica LLC v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.App.4th___ B199446 (2nd Dist. Sept. 2008) | |
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 Stewardship Council |
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Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force |
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Department of Fish and Game |
December 2009: Lawsuit Seeks Protection for American Pika under the California Endangered Species Act Center for Biological Diversity v. California Fish and Game Commission CPF 09-509927, filed Oct 28, 2009 (San Francisco Cnty. Sup. Ct.) | |
July 2009: Clearing Up Red Tape for Green Projects: California Proposes Streamlined Endangered Species Permitting for Renewable Energy Projects | |
May 2009: State Water Contractors Challenge Department of Fish and Game’s Longfin Smelt Take Permit for State Water Project | |
March 2009: Longfin Smelt Likely to Be Listed as Threatened Species—Could Mean More Water Restrictions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | |
February 2009: Proposed Watershed-Wide Permits Could Change the Landscape for California’s Water | |
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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October 2009: Environmental Groups File Suits to Attack Timber Harvesting as a Source of Greenhouse Gas Emissions | |
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 Ensure that Biological Assessment Areas Evaluated for Timber Harvest Plans Are Tailored to Individual Species Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch v. California Department of Forestry 138 Cal.App.4th 779 (5th Dist. 2006) | |
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) | |
July 2005: Attorney General Opines that No Conflict of Interest Exists in Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Financial Grant to State Employee Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 04-701 (May 10, 2004) | |
January 2005: Third District Court Upholds Timber Harvest Plans in El Dorado and Calaveras Counties Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch v. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection 123 Cal.App.4th 1331 (3rd Dist. 2004) | |
May 2004: California Department of Forestry Approval of Timber Harvest Plan Did Not Preclude the SWRCB from Separately Requiring Water Quality Protection Measures Pacific Lumber Company v. California State Water Resources Control Board ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. A102399 (1st Dist. March 18, 2004). | |
March 2004: California Regional Water Quality Control Boards Adopt New Waivers for Nonpoint Source Discharges | |
December 2003: Governor Davis Approves Bill Granting Regional Water Quality Control Boards Veto Power over Approval of Timber Harvesting Plans. | |
December 2003: Governor Davis Approves Bill Granting Regional Water Quality Control Boards Veto Power over Approval of Timber Harvesting Plans | |
August/September 2003: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Pronsolino—Section 303 of Clean Water Act Applies to Nonpoint Source Impaired Waters in Ninth Circuit Pronsolino, et al. v. Nastri, et al. ___F.3d___, Case Nos. 00-16026, 00- 16027 (9th Cir. May 31, 2002) cert. denied U.S. S.Ct. 123 S.Ct. 2573 (June 16 2003). | |
October 2001: CEQA Petitioner with Notice that a Change of Venue Is Complete Is Not Excused from Requesting a Hearing Within the Mandatory 90-day Period Guardians of Elk Creek Old Growth v. Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection 89 Cal.App.4th 1431 (1st Dist. June 21, 2001). |
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1 December 2003: State Authorizes Ambitious Orange County Water District Plan to Use Recycled Water for Groundwater Recharge. | |
July 2003: Appellate Parties Brief First District Court on Issue of Test Methodology in Drinking Water Contamination Cases Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation v. Edmund A. Gray, Co. et al. ___Cal.App.4th___, Case Nos. A100075, A1000279 (1st Dist. Sept. 17, 2002). | |
July 2003: Study Finds High Levels of Perchlorate in Lettuce from California's Imperial Valley | |
October 2002: Department of Health Services Prepares Draft Regulations Governing Recharge of Groundwater with Recycled Water | |
October 2002: San Francisco Water Supply Bond to Proceed without Support of Environmental Groups | |
October 2002: California Court of Appeal Holds that State May Limit Concentration of Contaminant in Drinking Water Based on Detectable Taste to a Substantial Number, if Not Majority, of Consumers Western States Petroleum Association v. Department of Health Services ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. C037502 (3rd Dist., June 27, 2002). | |
September 2002: California Court of Appeal Holds that State May Limit Concentration of Contaminant in Drinking Water Based on Detectable Taste to a Substantial Number, if Not a Majority, of Consumers Western States Petroleum Association v. Department of Health Services, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. C037502 (3rd Dist., June 27,2002). | |
June 2002: California Department of Water Resources' State Recycled Water Task Force Holds Inaugural Meeting | |
October 2001: California Department of Health Services Issues Compliance Order to El Dorado Irrigation District | |
May 2001: Chromium 6: Update on Legislation and Studies | |
January 2001: Individuals Held Liable for Civil Penalties under the Safe Drinking Water Act United States v. Alisal Water Corp., ___F.Supp.2d___,2000 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 13454 (N.D.Cal, Sept. 15, 2000) |
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June 2009: Apportionment Is Here to Stay and Knowledge of Disposal Is Simply Not Enough for CERCLA Arranger Liability | |
August 2008: District Court Grants Summary Judgment for Insurance Company Holding No Duty to Indemnify for Voluntary Cleanup Costs Aggio v. Estate of Aggio, ___F.Supp.2d___ 04-4357 (N.D. Cal. June 19, 2008) | |
May 2008: Ninth Circuit Affirms CERCA Apportionment Allowed among Potentially Responsible Parties at Liability Stage U.S. and California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company, ___F.3d___ 03-17125 (9th Cir. March 25, 2008) | |
October 2007: Land use legislation | |
August 2007: Land use legislation | |
July 2007: Land use legislation | |
March 2007: Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions | |
June 2006: District Court In California Confirms the Difficulty in Obtaining Preliminary Injunctions in Environmental Cleanup Cases Redevelopment Agency v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Ry., ___F.Supp.2d___ Case No. 05-2087 (E.D. Cal. April 11, 2006) | |
June 2006: California Supreme Court Rules Agency Failed to Comply with Administrative Procedure Act in Establishing Hazardous Materials Fee Regulation Morning Star Company v. California State Board of Equalization S123481 (Cal. April 24, 2006) | |
October 2005: Environmental Enforcement: California and Other States Grapple with Land Use Covenants on Federal Property | |
July 2005: The Stringfellow Superfund Site: Millions More Are Put towards Groundwater and Soil Cleanup State of California v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London, et al. CIV 239784 (Riverside Cty. Superior Ct. May 16, 2005) | |
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) | |
April 2005: California Court of Appeal Reinstates Private Party Contribution Claims under the California Superfund Statute Johnson v. City of San Diego,Case No. D043448, unpublished opinion (Cal. App. March 4, 2005) | |
December 2004: San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board Issues a Site Cleanup Order for the Former Oakland Army Base | |
July 2004: Court of Appeal Finds Lodi’s Municipal Environmental Ordinance Is Preempted by California Statute. City of Lodi v. Randtron 118 Cal. App. 4th 337 (2004). | |
July 2004: District Court Holds Review of State Response Limited to Administrative Record under CERCLA. State of California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Alco Pacific, Inc., ___F.Supp.2d___ CV 01-9294 SJO (FMOx) (C.D. Cal. May 7, 2004). | |
June 2004: California Court of Appeal Finds State Statue Preempts Municipal Authority Over Cleanup of State-Listed Sites City of Lodi v. Randtron, ___Cal.App.4th___ C037445, C038921 (Cal.App. 3rd Dist. May 5, 2004). | |
April 2004: Ninth Circuit Holds that Cost Recovery under CERCLA Begins to Run with Adoption of Final Remedial Action Plan California v. Neville Chemical Company ___F.3d___, Case No. 02-56506 (9th Cir. Feb. 10, 2004). | |
March 2004: Rialto Files First Lawsuit Regarding Cleanup of Perchlorate in San Bernardino County City of Rialto, et al. v. U.S. Dept. of Defense, et al Case No. CV 04-00079, filed Jan, 20, 2004 (C.D. Cal.). | |
February 2004: District Court Holds that Liability Insurer Does Not Qualify as an Innocent Party under CERCLA California Dep’t of Toxic Substances Control v. City of Chico ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. Civ. S-02-442 LKK/DAD (E.D. Cal. Jan. 8, 2004). | |
February 2004: U.S. District Court Finds City of Lodi’s Environmental Cleanup Ordinance Is Preempted by CERCLA and Partially Invalid Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company v. City of Lodi, et al.; Unigard v. City of Lodi, et al. ___F.Supp.2d___, Civ. S98-1489 FCD/JFM (E.D. Cal. Dec. 22, 2003); ___F.Supp.2d___, Civ S98-1712 FCD/JFM (E.D. Cal. Dec. 22, 2003). | |
January 2004: Arnold Takes on the Environment: Governor Schwarzenegger Makes Four New Appointments to Important Environmental Positions | |
April 2003: Ninth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Landowner in Cost Recovery Case Based on Doubtful Circumstantial Evidence California v. Campbell ___F.3d___, Case No. 01-16397 (9th Cir. Feb. 14, 2003). | |
January 2003: Ninth Circuit Finds Intervention Untimely in Landfill Contamination Case California Department of Toxic Substances Control, et al v. Commercial Realty Projects, Inc., et al., 309 F.3d 1113 (9th Cir. Oct. 25, 2002). | |
June 2002: California District Court Holds that Trusts, Like Other Entities Formed for Purposes of Performing Environmental Cleanups, Can Bring CERCLA Contribution Actions Karras v. Teledyne Industries, Inc., ___F.Supp.2d___ Case No. 99CV0996, (S.D. Cal. March 25, 2002). | |
January 2001: California Department of Toxic Substances Control Issues Draft Regulations for Covenants Restricting Uses of Contaminated Property | |
January 2001: California Department of Toxic Substances Control Issues Draft Regulations for Covenants Restricting Uses of Contaminated Property |
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February 2010: Colorado River ‘Quantification Settlement Agreement’ Invalidated as Unconstitutional | |
February 2010: California Department of Water Resources Intervenes in Consolidated Delta Smelt Litigation San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority et al v. Salazar et al 1:09-cv-00407-OWW-DLB (E.D. Cal.) | |
November 2009: Department of Water Resources Updates Model Landscape Ordinance | |
November 2009: San Joaquin Valley Farm to Sell Water Rights to Southern California Buyers for Purposes Other Than Farming | |
October 2009: Sacramento Superior Court Issues Tentative Decision in State Water Project Hyatt-Thermalito Litigation Alameda County Flood Control et al. v. State of California, et al 05AS01775, tentative decision, (Sacramento Cty Super. Ct. Aug 21, 2009) | |
August 2009: State Water Resources Control Board Holds Hearing on Modification to Cease and Desist Order against DWR and the Bureau Regarding State and Federal Delta Projects | |
July 2009: Department of Water Resources Sues Delta Landowners in Five Counties for Entry to Conduct Isolated Facility Investigation | |
June 2009: State Board Considers Petition Filed by DWR to Consolidate Places of Use for the State Water Project and Federal CVP | |
June 2009: Environmental Groups Sue State Challenging CEQA Compliance for Drought Water Bank | |
April 2009: Climate Change and Water in California | |
March 2009: Winter Rains Will Not Fix the Problem of Water Shortage in California | |
February 2009: DWR Announces Local Groundwater Assistance Grant Awards; More Funds Available | |
February 2009: Butte County’s Approval of Negative Declaration on Tuscan Aquifer Project Challenged in Butte County Superior Court Butte Environmental Council v. Butte County, et al. 144968 (Butte Co. Super. Ct) | |
January 2009: Environmental Groups’ Suit for Public Trust Violations in the Delta Is the Basis for the Latest Challenge to Federal and State Pumping California Water Impact Network, et al. v. California Department of Water Resources, et al. 2008-00027894, filed Dec. 1, 2008 (Sac Cnty Sup Ct) | |
December 2008: District Court Judge Wanger Issues Order Regarding New Request for Interim Injunctive Relief in Pacific Coast Federation Case Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations v. Gutierrez 1:06-CV-0025 OWW GSA, order issued, Oct. 21, 2008 (E.D. Cal) | |
November 2008: State Department of Water Resources Plans Drought Water Bank to Facilitate 2009 Water Transfers | |
October 2008: First District Court Upholds County Order to Remove Recreational Club’s Long-Standing Illegal Structures Golden Gate Water Ski Club v. County of Contra Costa 165 Cal.App.4th 249 (1st Dist. 2008) | |
October 2008: Delta Landowners File Suit against DWR to Determine Who Has the Duty to Clear Sedimentation from North Delta Channels Cortopassi Partners v. California Department of Water Resources CV034843 (San Joaquin Co. Super. Ct.) | |
August 2008: Governor Schwarzenegger Proclaims Drought in California and State of Emergency In Nine Counties Triggering Agency Mandates | |
July 2008: Issuance of the CVP and SWP Biological Assessment Marks the First Step Back from the Wanger Decision | |
July 2008: Increased Pumping Efficiency at Edmonston Plant Helps State Water Project Reduce Carbon Footprint | |
July 2008: California Department of Water Resources Announces Its Delta Knowledge Improvement Funding Program | |
June 2008: Parties Battle over Revenues from Power Plant as Sacramento Superior Court Denies Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment and Case Moves to Trial Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Zone 7, et al. v. California Department of Water Resources, et al. 05ASO1775, ruling on motions, May 8, 2008 (Sacramento County Superior Court) | |
June 2008: AB 2175: Making Water Conservation Plans Mandatory | |
May 2008: With Snowpack Near Average, California DWR Sets State Water Project Allocations for 2008 at 35 Percent | |
May 2008: California Department of Water Resources Initiates Environmental Review for Bay Delta Conservation Plan | |
March 2008: Truckee River Operating Agreement Final EIS/EIR Finds No Significant Impact | |
January 2008: Assemblymember Wolk Questions State’s Authority to Construct ‘Peripheral Canal’ | |
January 2008: DWR Announces 25 Percent Initial Allocation for 2008 State Water Project Deliveries | |
January 2008: State Auditor Criticizes Administration and Oversight of Flood Protection Grants Program | |
December 2007: Behind the Eight Ball ’08—Looking Ahead after One of the Driest Water Years on Record | |
December 2007: DWR’s Long-Awaited ‘Monterey Plus’ Draft EIR Is Released for Public Comment | |
November 2007: Governor Signs Legislative Overhaul of California’s Flood Protection System | |
October 2007: District Court Issues Decision on Interim Remedies Regarding Long-Term Central Valley Project and State Water Project Operations Criteria and Plan Natural Resources Defense Council, et al v. Kempthorne, et al. 05 CV 01207 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 31, 2007) | |
October 2007: Water Agencies Solicit Input from Experts and Public on Responding to Climate Change | |
August 2007: CVP/SWP Litigation Update: Project Operations amidst State and Federal Court Litigation Natural Resources Defense Council v. Kempthorne et al. 05-CV-01207 (E.D. Cal) | |
July 2007: As Larger Picture of Water Resources Becomes Known, Numbers Show Snowpack Low and Reservoirs Full | |
July 2007: District Court Strikes Down Biological Opinion for CVP/SWP Operations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta—DWR Curtails SWP Pumping Natural Resources Defense Council v. Kempthorne, ___F.Supp.2d___ 05-CV-01207 (E.D. Cal. May 25, 2007) | |
June 2007: Superior Court’s Order Barring Pumping from Banks Plant in Delta Stayed Pending Appeal Watershed Enforcers v. Department of Water Resources RG06292124, slip op. Apr. 17, 2007 (Alameda County Superior Court) | |
May 2007: Superior Court Judge Orders Shutdown of Delta Water Pumps Watershed Enforcers v. Department of Water Resources RG06292124, Alameda County Superior Court, order issued March 22, 2007 | |
February 2007: DWR Finds First Snow Survey of 2007 Shows Snowpack Levels Below Normal | |
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 | |
December 2006: Fishing Alliance Sues California Department of Water Resources over Delta Pumping Water Enforcers v. Cal. Dept. of Water Resources RG06292124, filed October 4, 2006 (Alameda Superior Court) | |
August 2006: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to Buy Water Directly from Sellers in Central and Northern California | |
August 2006: Eighteen California Congressional Representatives Sign Bipartisan Letter Urging FEMA to Improve Its Flood Map Modernization Program | |
June 2006: California Continues Battling for Federal Support of Ailing Levees | |
June 2006: Relicensing the Oroville Project: The Long and Winding Road to a Federal Hydropower License | |
May 2006: Oroville Dam Relicensing Settlement Agreement Reached | |
May 2006: The Robie Decision and the Future of California Water Law | |
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) | |
April 2006: State Water Resources Control Board Orders Agencies to Comply with Water Quality Objective for Salinity in the Delta SWRCB Order WR 2006-0006 | |
April 2006: California Department of Water Resources Releases 2005 Water Plan | |
April 2006: District Court Temporarily Halts Intertie Project to Link Delta Canals Planning and Conservation League v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation C 05-3527 CW (N.D. Cal. Feb. 15, 2006) | |
February 2006: California Department of Water Resources Increases 2006 Water Allocation to SWP Contractors | |
February 2006: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Addresses Rising Salinity Levels in California’s Central Valley Water Supplies | |
January 2006: District Court in California Dismisses Developer’s Claims Challenging State Agency Cleanup of Landfill Gas at Former Air Force Base Shea Homes Limited Partnership v. United States, ___F.Supp.2d___ C04 – 0092 TEH (N.D. Cal. Nov. 10, 2005) | |
January 2006: California Department of Water Resources Releases South Delta Improvements Program Environmental Impact Report | |
December 2005: Pacific Institute Report Proposes More Efficient Water-Usage Practices to Meet Future Water Needs | |
December 2005: Members of Congress Initiate Regional Water Plan for the San Joaquin Valley | |
October 2005: Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Delta Biological Opinion Affecting the Central Valley and State Water Projects Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations, et al. v. Gutierrez et al. C05-03232, filed Aug. 9, 2005 (N.D. Cal.) | |
August 2005: California Senate Natural Resources and Water Resources Committee Approves Sweeping Water Bill | |
August 2005: Exportation of Local Water Supplies under Bottled Water Deals Causes Controversy | |
July 2005: California Department of Water Resources Awards $25 Million in Grants for Water Desalination Projects | |
June 2005: Department of Water Resources Releases California Water Plan Update 2005 | |
June 2005: The Proposed Lower Yuba River Accord: From Controversy to Consensus | |
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.) | |
May 2005: Reclamation Board Permitting Raises Questions Regarding Authority to Influence Land Use through Encroachment Permitting | |
March 2005: California Department of Water Resources Proposes Changes to the State’s Flood Control System | |
March 2005: California Department of Water Resources Files for Relicensing of Oroville Facilities | |
March 2005: DWR Publishes Guidebook to Assist Water Suppliers in Preparing 2005 Urban Water Management Plans | |
January 2005: California Department of Water Resources Offers Nearly $4.6 million in Proposition 40 Grant Money for Urban Stream Restoration Grants | |
December 2004: Department of Water Resources to Consider Competing Plans for Restoring Salton Sea | |
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) | |
November 2004: Newly-Enacted Legislation Requires Delta Water Quality Plan before DWR Can Increase the Amount of Water Pumped from the Delta | |
November 2004: Can Orange County’s Groundwater Replenishment System Provide a Model for the World? | |
November 2004: Central Valley Project and State Water Project Operations and Criteria Plan Receiving Increased Scrutiny | |
October 2004: DWR and SWRCB Release Proposition 50 Integrated Regional Water Management Grant Program Draft Guidelines for Public Review | |
July 2004: Revised California Water Plan Draft, Focusing on Diversification of Supply, Now Available. | |
May 2004: State Officials Clash over whether Public Bond Funds Should Be Available to Private Water Companies | |
April 2004: Governor Schwarzenegger Names Lester Snow as Director of the Department of Water Resources | |
March 2004: California Department of Water Resources Releases Draft of In-Delta Storage Program State Feasibility Study. | |
January 2004: Report Estimates that One-Third of Urban Water Demand Can Be Met through Existing Water Conservation Technology | |
December 2003: California City Uses Desalination By-Products to Improve the Quality of Wetlands | |
December 2003: California Department of Water Resources Releases 2003 Update to Ground-water Bulletin 118 | |
October 2003: “Napa Proposal” Contemplates New Integration of State Water Project and Central Valley Project Operations | |
July 2003: Superior Court: Court Issues Final Ruling for All Residual Contested Matters Pending in CALFED Coordinated Proceedings Bay-Delta Programmatic Environmental Impact Report Coordinated Proceedings Case No. JC04152 (Superior Court, County of Sacramento May 5, 2003). | |
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). | |
July 2003: California Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Increase Water Supply Allocations for Water Year 2003 | |
June 2003: Proposition 218 Vote in Salinas Valley Reveals Widespread Support for Project to Control Seawater Intrusion and Enhance Water Supply | |
June 2003: State Water Contractors Plan to Form Joint Powers Authority | |
April 2003: Meeting California's Water Supply Needs: Whatever Happened to Storage? | |
April 2003: Negotiators Agree to Terms of Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement, but Final Agreement Is Not Yet Certain | |
April 2003: "Area of Origin" Water Rights Applications Dismissed by Cities of Fairfield, Benecia and Vacaville Pursuant to Settlement with Department of Water Resouces State Water Resources Control Board Application Nos. 30680, 30681, 30682. | |
January 2003: California Department of Water Resources Helps Agencies Augment Water Supplies again in 2003 | |
December 2002: California's Colorado River Entitlement and the IID/San Diego Transfer: A Cliffhanger to End All Cliffhangers | |
December 2002: Rice Farmers Demand Water Temperature Issues Be Addressed During Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Re-Licensing Process | |
November 2002: California Legislature and Ballot Initiatives Focus on Water Issues | |
October 2002: California Legislature Sends Two Water Bills to Governor’s Desk. | |
June 2002: California Department of Water Resources' State Recycled Water Task Force Holds Inaugural Meeting | |
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 | |
May 2002: California Public Utilities Commission Affirms September 20, 2001 Date for Suspension of Direct Access Agreements | |
March 2002: Central Basin Pumpers Appeal Decision Denying Their Motion for Groundwater Storage Rights Central-West Basin Replenishment et al., Respondents v. Southern California Water Co. et al., Appellants Case No. B155143, appeal filed Dec. 6, 2001 (2nd Dist). | |
March 2002: Sacramento Valley Water Management Agreement and Program Moves | |
January 2002: State Water Resources Control Board Holds Public Workshop to Discuss Narrative Salmon Protection Objective in the 1995 Bay-Delta Plan. | |
December 2001: CALIFORNIA: Water Officials Uncertain about Prospects of Winter Rainfall | |
November 2001: El Dorado County Water Agency and El Dorado Irrigation District Challenge the State Water Resource Control Board's Imposition of Term 91 on Area of Origin Water Rights. Case Nos. 01CS01321 and 01CS01319, filed August 16, 2001 (Sacramento County Superior Court). | |
October 2001: Department of Water Resources' Dry-year Water Purchase Program Provides over 138,000 Acre-feet of Water | |
June 2001: SWRCB Issues Order Staying and Dismissing Phase 8 of the Bay-Delta Water Rights Hearing | |
April 2001: California: Water Supplies for 2001 — Current Forecasts for Central Valley Project and State Water Project Deliveries and Potential Impacts on Power Supplies | |
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) | |
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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Desert Water Agency |
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Downtown Pomona Property and Business Improvement District |
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Dry Creek Mutual Water Company |
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Dudley Ridge Water District |
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East Bay Municipal Utility District |
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January 2010: East Bay Municipal Utility District Sued on ‘Water Supply Management Program 2040’ Foothill Conservancy v. East Bay Municipal Utility District 09-CV-6364, filed Nov. 19, 2009 (Amador Superior Ct.) | |
December 2009: East Bay Municipal Utility District Adopts Water Supply Management Program 2040 | |
August 2009: East Bay Municipal Utility District Considers Raising Dam in Sierra Foothills | |
June 2009: Northern California Water Districts Respond to Supply Reductions and Infrastructure Needs via Mandatory Conservation Measures and Rate Increases | |
June 2007: East Bay Municipal Utility District Seeks Voluntary Water Rationing for the First Time in 15 Years | |
July 2004: Freeport Regional Water Authority Certifies Environmental Impact Report for Freeport Regional Water Project. | |
March 2004: Freeport Regional Water Project Dispute Resolved State Water Contractors, et al. v. East Bay Muni. Water Dist.; Kern County Water Agency et al., v. U.S. Dept. of Interior, et al., Case No. CO42652 (Cal. App. 3rd Dist.); and Case No. CIV-F-03-5175 REC SMS (E.D. Cal.) | |
October 2003: Freeport Regional Water Authority Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Freeport Regional Water Project | |
May 2003: Water Agencies Seek Injunction to Halt East Bay Municipal Utility District Freeport Project Kern County Water Agency et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior et al. Civ-F-03-5175 REC SMS (E.D. Cal.). | |
January 2003: Delay Associated with Erroneous Denial of Lot Line Adjustment Did Not Constitute a Taking Loewenstein v. City of Lafayette ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. A093590 (1st Dist. Nov. 13, 2002). | |
October 2002: Sacramento Superior Court Affirms CEQA Review for East Bay Municipal Utility District’s Amendatory CVP Contract State Water Contractors, et al. v. East Bay Municipal Utility District, Sacramento Superior Court Case No.01CS01076 [Consolidated with Case No.01CS01077] final order pending, (Sacramento Super.Ct. Aug. 15, 2002). |
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Eastern Municipal Water District |
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El Dorado County Water Agency |
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El Dorado Irrigation District |
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Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District |
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Emeryville Redevelopment Agency |
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Empire West Side Irrigation District |
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Fair Political Practices Commission |
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Fallbrook Public Utilities District |
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Florin Resources Conservation District |
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Fontana Water Company |
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Freeport Regional Water Authority |
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Friant Water Authority |
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Friant Water Users Authority |
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Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District |
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Golden Valley Municipal Water District |
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Goleta Water District |
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Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District |
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Gualalupe-Coyote Resource Conservation District |
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Hallwood Irrigation Company |
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Hayward Area Planning Association |
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Housing and Urban Development |
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Imperial County Air Pollution Control District |
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Imperial Irrigation District |
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February 2010: Colorado River ‘Quantification Settlement Agreement’ Invalidated as Unconstitutional | |
February 2009: Farmers Sue Irrigation District after District Approves a Water Shortage Plan that Prioritizes Municipal and Industrial Uses Abatti, et. al v. Imperial Irrigation District ECU04899, filed Dec. 18, 2008 (Imperial Cnty Super Ct) | |
April 2008: Superior Court Dismisses Court Challenge of Quantification Settlement Agreement Quantification Settlement Agreement Coordinated Special Proceeding JC4353, Sacramento Superior Court | |
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 | |
August 2007: Appellate Victory a Step Forward for the Quantification Settlement Agreement As Imperial County Petitions for Rehearing County of Imperial v. Superior Court of Sacramento County, et al. 152 Cal.App.4th 13 (3rd Dist. 2007) | |
July 2007: Imperial Irrigation District Releases Efficiency Conservation Definite Plan Final Report | |
December 2006: Potential Conflicts of Interest at the Imperial Irrigation District Create Turmoil | |
March 2006: By Unanimous Vote, the Board of Directors for the Imperial Irrigation District Cement Plans to Line the All-American Canal | |
January 2006: Imperial Irrigation District Announces Intent to Halt New Water Tranfers | |
November 2005: Imperial Irrigation District Seeks to Intervene and Dismiss Lawsuit by Mexicali Farmers Challenging Plan to Line the All-American Canal | |
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.) | |
July 2005: Nine Lawsuits Plague Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement | |
March 2004: Imperial Irrigation District Buys Land in Attempt to Fulfill Quantification Settlement Agreement Obligation | |
February 2004: Imperial Irrigation District Implements Emergency Fallowing Program Making Water Available for Transfer to San Diego | |
December 2003: The Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement—Wrapping Up the Deal | |
December 2003: Will Morgan v. Imperial Irrigation District Unravel the Quantification Settlement Agreement? Morgan v. Imperial Irrigation District; Michael W. Morgan et al. v. Imperial Irrigation District Case No. L-01510, filed July 18, 2003 (Imperial County Superior Court); Case No. ECU 01646, filed Nov. 3, 2003 (Imperial County Superior Court) | |
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 | |
June 2003: Federal Court Remands Determination of IID's Reasonable and Beneficial Water Use to U.S. Department of Interior Imperial Irrigation District v. Norton, et al. ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 03CV0069W (JFS), filed Jan. 10, 2003 (S.D. Cal.) | |
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). | |
May 2003: Salton Sea Authority Endorses Restoration Plan | |
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 | |
August 2002: California's Imperial Valley Farmers Called Upon to Fallow 75,000 Acres in Anticipation of Reduced Colorado River Supplies; Legislature Considers ESA Implications |
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Indian Wells Valley Water District |
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Inland Empire Utilities Agency |
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Integrated Waste Management Board |
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Joint Policy Committee |
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Kern County Water Agency |
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February 2010: Second District Upholds Environmental Review for Castaic Lake Water Agency Water Transfer Planning and Conservation League v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, ___Cal.App.4th___ B200673 (2nd Dist. Dec. 17, 2009) | |
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) | |
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.) | |
February 2005: Federal Government Settles with Central Valley Farmers for $16.7 Million in Water Rights Dispute. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District, et. al. v. United States Case No. 98-101L (Fed. Cl. Ct.). | |
November 2004: Ninth Circuit Finds Association of California Water Agencies Is Entitled to Attorneys’ Fees after Related ESA Litigation Renders ACWA’s Suit Moot Association of California Water Agencies v. Evans, ___F.3d___ 03-15380 (9th Cir. Sep. 24, 2004) | |
June 2003: State Water Contractors Plan to Form Joint Powers Authority | |
May 2003: Water Agencies Seek Injunction to Halt East Bay Municipal Utility District Freeport Project Kern County Water Agency et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior et al. Civ-F-03-5175 REC SMS (E.D. Cal.). | |
February 2003: Agreement Reached to Prevent Litigation over Water Storage Project in Kern County | |
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 | |
April 2001: New Developments in Impacts of the Endangered Species Act on California's Water Supplies |
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Kern Delta Water District |
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Klamath Basin Coordination Group |
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Lake Arrowhead Community Services District |
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Lake Elsinore Redevelopment Agency |
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Little Hoover Commission |
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Local Agency Formation Commission, Los Angeles County |
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Local Agency Formation Commission, San Bernardino |
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Los Angeles Advisory Agency |
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Los Angeles County Board of Examiners, Appeals and Condemnation |
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Los Angeles County Flood Control District |
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Los Angeles County Sanitation District No. 20 |
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Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
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Los Angeles Harbor Department |
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Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority |
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Los Angeles South Valley Area Planning Commission |
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Los Osos Community Services District |
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Lost Hills Water District |
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Madera Irrigation District |
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Mammoth Community Water District |
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Marin County Community Development Agency |
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Marin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District |
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Marin Municipal Water District |
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Maxwell Irrigation District |
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McCloud Community Services District |
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Merced Irrigation District |
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Meridian Water Company |
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Metropolitan Water District of Southern California |
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February 2010: Colorado River ‘Quantification Settlement Agreement’ Invalidated as Unconstitutional | |
January 2010: Opposition to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s ‘2-Gates Project’ Ramps Up | |
June 2009: Metropolitan Water District Declares a Regional Shortage Level 2, Reducing Water Deliveries to Member Agencies by Ten Percent | |
July 2008: Geotechnical Report to Metropolitan Board Indicates Conveyance Tunnel Can Be Built under Cleveland National Forest | |
June 2008: Metropolitan’s New Water Supply Allocation Plan Gets Challenged Immediately | |
April 2008: Superior Court Dismisses Court Challenge of Quantification Settlement Agreement Quantification Settlement Agreement Coordinated Special Proceeding JC4353, Sacramento Superior Court | |
April 2008: Three of California’s Largest Water Agencies Join National ‘Dream Team’ Formed to Address Climate Change Issues | |
January 2008: Metropolitan to Add Fluoride to Drinking Water Supply | |
January 2008: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Seeks Water Transfer Options for 2008 and Beyond | |
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 | |
October 2007: Quagga Mussel Invasion Continues as California Legislature and Metropolitan Water District Ramp Up Efforts at Control | |
October 2007: California Supreme Court Examines Roles of Judge and Jury in Water Pipeline Condemnation Case Metropolitan Water District of Southern California v. Campus Crusade for Christ, Inc. et al, 41 Cal.4th 954 (2007) | |
April 2007: California Attorney General Opines that Offices of Metropolitan Director and Water Replenishment District Director Are Incompatible ___Op. Cal. Att’y Gen.___ 2007 Cal. AG LEXIS 3 (Feb. 8, 2007) | |
March 2007: Invasive Quagga Mussels Make Their Debut in Southern California | |
May 2006: The Robie Decision and the Future of California Water Law | |
January 2006: Imperial Irrigation District Announces Intent to Halt New Water Tranfers | |
November 2005: Metropolitan Water District Authorizes New Groundwater Storage Project | |
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.) | |
July 2005: Nine Lawsuits Plague Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement | |
May 2005: California Water Districts Sign Water Spreading Agreement to Replenish Groundwater in the Central Basin | |
March 2005: Sacramento Valley Farmers Sell Water to Southern California | |
January 2005: Gastelum Retires as Head of Metropolitan Water District | |
December 2004: Metropolitan Water District and the Southern Nevada Water Authority Reach Historic Cooperation on Colorado River Banking | |
November 2004: New Support and Commitment of Key Water Agencies Benefit Lower Colorado River Conservation Program | |
October 2004: Safe to Drink: Has Southern California’s Water Protection Plan Evaporated? | |
August 2004: San Diego County Water Authority Approves $2 Billion Plan to Break Its Dependence on Metropolitan Water District | |
May 2004: Court of Appeal Upholds Metropolitan Water District’s Interpretation of 1931 Water Allocation Formula San Diego County Water Authority, et al. v. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, et al. ___Cal.App.4th___, 11 Cal. Rptr.3d 446 (1st Dist.2004). | |
April 2004: San Diego County Water Authority Challenges Metropolitan Water District’s Interpretation of a 1931 Water Rights Formula San Diego Co. Water Auth., et al. v. Metro. Water Dist. of So. Cal., et al. Case No. AO 98526 (Cal. App. 1st. Dist) | |
February 2004: Mojave Water Agency and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Agree to Exchange State Water Project Supplies | |
December 2003: The Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement—Wrapping Up the Deal | |
November 2003: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Water Quality Order on General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Construction Projects | |
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 | |
October 2003: Desalination by Public Entities in California Given Equal Protection by the Legislature, but Strict Scrutiny by the Coastal Commission | |
August/September 2003: California’s Metropolitan Water District Plans Underground Water Storage in Chino Basin and Orange County | |
August/September 2003: The Battle Over California’s IID-to-San Diego Water Transfer Heats Up on a Number of Fronts 2 | |
June 2003: Federal Court Remands Determination of IID's Reasonable and Beneficial Water Use to U.S. Department of Interior Imperial Irrigation District v. Norton, et al. ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 03CV0069W (JFS), filed Jan. 10, 2003 (S.D. Cal.) | |
June 2003: State Water Contractors Plan to Form Joint Powers Authority | |
June 2003: Tentative Settlement Reached in Soboba Indians' Lawsuit against Metropolitan Water District over 70 Years of Lost Water Supplies Soboba Band of Mission Indians v. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Case No. 00-04208GAF (C.D. Cal.) | |
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). | |
May 2003: Water Agencies Seek Injunction to Halt East Bay Municipal Utility District Freeport Project Kern County Water Agency et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior et al. Civ-F-03-5175 REC SMS (E.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: Sacramento Valley Farmers and Metropolitan Water District Agree to Option and Short-Term Water Transfer Agreements for 2003 | |
February 2003: Agreement Reached to Prevent Litigation over Water Storage Project in Kern County | |
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: San Bernardino County Adopts Groundwater Management Ordinance pertaining to County's Unincorporated, Unadjudicated Desert Region | |
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 | |
November 2002: Metropolitan Water District Board of Southern California Scraps Cadiz Groundwater Project | |
January 2002: Department of Water Resources Grant Helps Fund Long-term Water Storage in Southern California | |
December 2001: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's New Rate Structures for Southern California | |
December 2001: CALIFORNIA: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Enters into Two Agreements Furthering California's Colorado River "4.4 Plan" | |
October 2001: Metropolitan Member Agencies Join in "Preferential Rights" Suit Brought by San Diego County Water Authority against Metropolitan and Los Angeles San Diego Water Authority v. Metropolitan Water District Case No. 320217, filed july 20, 2001(San Fransisco Superior Court). | |
July 2001: Water Agencies Apply to California Public Utilities Commission for Exemption from Rolling Power Blackouts | |
July 2001: State Legislative Proposal Seeks Regional Equity for Metropolitan Water District's Reserve Dollars | |
July 2001: Water Agencies Apply to California Public Utilities Commission for Exemption from Rolling Power Blackouts | |
June 2001: Arizona: The 2001 Arizona Legislature Deals with Navigable Waters; Colorado River "Surplus" | |
June 2001: Metropolitan Water District Provides $45 Million in Proposition 13 Funds for Conjunctive Use Water Storage Projects in Southern California | |
May 2001: Federal Court Denies Metropolitan's Motion to Dismiss Suit Regarding Leakage from Aqueduct Tunnel Pacific Soboba Band of Mission Indians V. Metropolitan Water District Of Southern California, Et Al. ___F.Supp.2d___,Case No.Cv 00-04208-Gaf,(S. D. Cal. March 26, 2001). | |
May 2001: Metropolitan Water District's First Market Search Yields Conceptual Approval of Two Transfer and Storage Agreements | |
May 2001: Federal Court Denies Metropolitan's Motion to Dismiss Suit Regarding Leakage From Aqueduct Tunnel Pacific Soboba Band of Mission Indians V. Metropolitan Water District Of Southern California, Et Al. ___F.Supp.2d___,Case No.Cv 00-04208-Gaf, (S. D. Cal. March 26, 2001) | |
February 2001: Regional: Bruce Babbitt Finalizes California's Colorado River Water Diet | |
February 2001: Bruce Babbitt Finalizes California's Colorado River Water Diet | |
February 2001: Metropolitan Water District Considers Definitive Terms of Agreement for the Cadiz Groundwater Storage Project |
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Mission Springs Water District |
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Modesto Irrigation District |
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Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District |
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Mojave Water Agency |
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Mokelumne River Water and Power Authority |
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Moneerey Peninsula Water Management District |
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Montecito Water District |
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Monterey County Department of Health |
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Monterey County Water Resources Agency |
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Monterey Peninsula Water Management District |
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Municipal Water District of Orange County |
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Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District |
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Natomas Water Company |
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Nevada County Local Agency Formation Commission |
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Newhall County Water District |
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Newport Beach Planning Commission |
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Nipomo Community Services District |
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North Gualala Water Company |
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North Kern Water District |
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North San Joaquin Water Conservation District |
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Northern California Power Agency |
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Oak Flat Water District |
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Oakdale Irrigaiton District |
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Oakdale Irrigation District |
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Oakland Base Reuse Authority |
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Ocean Protection Council |
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Office of Environmental Health Hazards Assessment |
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Office of Planning and Research |
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Office of the Attorney General |
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March 2009: Attorney General Concludes Redevelopment Agency May Enter into Loan Agreement where Loan Recipient Is the Son of an Agency Board Member ___Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen.___ Opinion No. 07-807 (Jan.14, 2009) | |
January 2009: AG Opines on Legality of MOU Where a County Would Implement Land Use Standards in Exchange for City Support of Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan ___Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen.___ 07-506 (Nov. 13, 2008) | |
October 2008: California Attorney General Opines in Correspondence to Delta Vision Task Force on How to Reallocate California’s Water | |
November 2007: California Attorney General Jerry Brown’s Crusade against Global Climate Change | |
October 2007: Attorney General Opines that Grant of Conservation Easement Does Not Constitute a ‘Division’ of Land and Is Not Subject to Subdivision Map Act 07 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 801 (August 21, 2007) | |
May 2007: California AG Opines that Rule against Incompatible Offices Does Not Prevent Member Agency General Managers/Department Heads from Serving on Board of Water Authority ___ Op. Cal. Att’y Gen. ___ 2007 Cal. AG LEXIS 5, at *1 (2007) | |
May 2007: Third District Holds Attorney General Cannot Recover Attorneys’ Fees under the Private Attorney General Doctrine when Acting on Behalf of California People ex rel. Brown v. Tehama County Board of Supervisors 148 Cal.App.4th 790 (3rd Dist. 2007) | |
April 2007: California Attorney General Opines that Offices of Metropolitan Director and Water Replenishment District Director Are Incompatible ___Op. Cal. Att’y Gen.___ 2007 Cal. AG LEXIS 3 (Feb. 8, 2007) | |
May 2006: Attorney General Opines that Interim Grading Documents Submitted by Property Owners to Local Agencies Are Public Records | |
May 2006: California Court of Appeal Blasts Overly Broad ‘Bounty Hunter’ Lawsuit under Proposition 65 Consumer Defense Group v. Rental Housing Industry Members, ___Cal.App.4th___ G035101, G035154 (Cal.App. Mar. 24, 2006) | |
February 2006: Attorney General Opines that Electronic Posting of Meeting Agendas Authorized by Brown Act 147 04 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 1217 (December 20, 2005) | |
December 2005: California Attorney General Opines that Water Code Allows Agreements For Construction of Oversized Water Facilities 5 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen 307 (Oct. 12, 2005) | |
December 2005: Attorney General Opines that Electronic Parcel Boundary Map Data May Be Copied and Inspected by Public under California Public Records Act Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 04-1105 (October 3, 2005) | |
July 2005: Attorney General Opines that Cities May Decrease the Number of Future Low Income Housing Units if Funds Are Insufficient Ops.Cal.Atty. Gen. 03-104 (May 18, 2005) | |
July 2005: Attorney General Opines that No Conflict of Interest Exists in Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Financial Grant to State Employee Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 04-701 (May 10, 2004) | |
May 2005: Director of Nonprofit Trust May Participate in City Council Decision to Lease City-Owned Parcel to Business Owner Solicited by Trust Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen 04-502 (March 28, 2005) | |
December 2004: Attorney General Opines: Local Government May Adopt a Zoning Ordinance or Issue a Conditional Use Permit Limiting Use of a Parcel to a Senior Mobilehome Park Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen 07-704 (Oct. 20, 2004) | |
July 2003: Attorney General Opines: Two Parcels Separated by 700 Feet Were Legally Created under the Subdivision Map Act when Irrigation District Condemned the Land between Them 01 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 615 (May 15, 2003) | |
May 2003: Attorney General Opines Cities May Regulate Boarding House Uses in Low Density Residential Districts to Preserve the Residential Character of Neighborhoods. 01 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 402 (March 19, 2003). | |
January 2003: Attorney General Opines that a Person May Not Serve Concurrently as Director of the Round Valley County Water District and Director of the Covelo Community Services District | |
October 2002: Common Interest Development where Residents Own Separate Lots and an Undivided Interest in a Common Area Is a Planned Development 02 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen.407 (August 27,2002) | |
May 2002: City Staff Member Has a Conflict of Interest and May Not Participate in Negotiating a Development Agreement where Her Spouse is Employed by a Firm that Provides Outreach Services to the Developer 01 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen 601 (March 6, 2002) |
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Olivenhain Municipal Water District |
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Orange County Sanitation District |
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Orange County Transportation Authority |
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Orange County Water District |
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Orosi Public Utility District |
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Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District |
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Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
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Pajaro Sunny Mesa Community Services District |
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Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency |
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Palmdale Water District |
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Palmdale Water Reclamation Plant |
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Palo Verde Irrigation District |
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Pauma Water Company |
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Pelger Mutual Water Company |
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Placer County Local Agency Formation Commission |
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Placer County Water Agency |
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Pleasant Grove/Verona Mutual Water Company |
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Pleasant Hill Redevelopment Agency |
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Plumas County Flood Control and Water Conservation District |
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Port of Redwood City |
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Princeton-Codoro-Glenn Irrigation District |
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Provident Irrigation District |
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Public Utilities Commission |
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April 2006: The Seaside Basin Case: Adjudication Grows Up | |
November 2005: California Public Utilities Commission Audit Concludes San Gabriel Valley Water Company Owes Ratepayers over $27 Million | |
June 2005: Cal-Am Asks PUC to Limit Intervenors in Rate Request to Pay for Desalinization Project &65279;Cal. P.U.C. Proceeding A05-02-012, filed Feb. 16, 2005 | |
April 2005: Win Some. Lose Some. Will It Ever End? The War over Water Supply in the Santa Clarita Valley | |
August 2004: Not Swayed by “Range of Alternatives—Inclusion of Alternatives” Arguments Attacking Environmental Impact Report, Court Upholds Condominium Project Mira Mar Mobile Community v. City of Oceanside 119 Cal.App.4th 477 (4th Dist. 2004) | |
June 2004: Federal and State Legislative Proposals Introduced to Support Desalination. | |
June 2004: Public Utilities Comission Condemns Water Rights Lease Made Without Permission; Utility May Lose Water Rights as Result In the Matter of the Application of Southern California Water Company, [U133-W] Decision 04-03-039 (March 16, 2004). | |
February 2004: California Supreme Court Finds Prosecutors May Pursue a Civil Enforcement Action Against A Public Utility While An Investigation by the Public Utilities Commission Is Ongoing People ex rel. Orloff v. Pacific Bell 31 Cal.4th 1132 (2003). | |
December 2003: California Court of Appeal Rules Department of Water Resources Must Make a Determination that Its Revenue Requirements Are Just and Reasonable Pacific Gas & Electric Company v. California Department of Water Resources 112 Cal.App.4th 477 (3rd Dist. 2003). | |
February 2003: In Wake of German Corporation's Purchase of U.S. Water Company, Small California Communities Seek to Control Local Supplies | |
October 2002: Your Worst Nightmare: Providing Safe Drinking Water from a Superfund Site | |
May 2002: The Assault on Our Science-based System of Delivering Safe Drinking Water by Steven A. Amerikaner and Steven L. Hoch with the California law firm of Hatch & Parent | |
May 2002: California Public Utilities Commission Affirms September 20, 2001 Date for Suspension of Direct Access Agreements | |
March 2002: Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Pacific Gas & Electric's Request for Board Preemtion of State Laws and Regulations In Re Pacific Gas and Electric Company Case No. 01-30923DM (U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2002) | |
March 2002: California Supreme Court Decision and Water Agreement Affect San Gabriel Basin Cleanup Measures Hartwell Corporation et al. v. Superior Court of Ventura County ___Cal4th___, Case No. S082782 (Cal. Feb. 2, 2002) | |
July 2001: Water Agencies Apply to California Public Utilities Commission for Exemption from Rolling Power Blackouts | |
July 2001: Water Agencies Apply to California Public Utilities Commission for Exemption from Rolling Power Blackouts | |
January 2001: Sacramento County Superior Court to Reconsider Ruling on Validity of Water Rates and Connection Fees Building Industry Association of Superior California v. Florin Resource Conservation District Case No.00CS00375 (Sac. Co. Superior Court Dec. 5, 2000) |
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Ramirez Water District |
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Rancho California Water District |
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Reclamation District 1004 |
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Reclamation District 784 |
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Reclamation District No. 108 |
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Reclamation District No. 800 |
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Redevelopment Agency of Chula Vista |
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Redevelopment Agency of Hawaiian Gardens |
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Redevelopment Agency of San Diego |
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Redevelopment Agency of Stockton |
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Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach |
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Redevolpment Agency of California City |
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Regional Water Quality Control Board |
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April 2008: California Water Boards Reissue Draft Strategic Plan Update 2008-2012 | |
March 2008: District Court Upholds Removal of Suit under Energy Policy Act Despite Plaintiffs’ Claim that Pleading Reference to MTBE Was Merely a ‘Time- Marker’ Bonds v. Nicoletti Oil, Inc., ___F.Supp.2d___ CV-F-07-1600 (E.D. Cal. Jan. 30, 2008) | |
March 2008: Please Show Us the Way: Stormwater Regulation—The California Experience | |
December 2006: California Water Resources Control Board Issues Proposed Rule Concerning Grants of Stay of the Effect of a Regional Water Quality Control Board | |
October 2004: Governor’s Performance Review Panel Recommends Elimination of SWRCB, Division of Water Rights, and Regional Water Quality Control Boards | |
September 2004: CALIFORNIA: Enforcement of Water Quality Regulation and Penalties | |
December 2003: Governor Davis Approves Bill Granting Regional Water Quality Control Boards Veto Power over Approval of Timber Harvesting Plans. | |
December 2003: Governor Davis Approves Bill Granting Regional Water Quality Control Boards Veto Power over Approval of Timber Harvesting Plans | |
May 2003: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Rescinds Dairy Runoff Waiver | |
February 2003: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposes Withdrawal of the Final July 2002 TMDL Rule | |
November 2002: Governor Approves AB 3000, Increasing Fees for Waste Dischargers and Adding Water Quality Criterion to Fee Calculation. | |
March 2002: San Diego Stormwater Permit Challenged in Superior Court. Building Industry Association of San Diego et al. v. State Water Resources Control Board, et al. Case No. 780263 (San Diego Superior Court) | |
March 2002: CALIFORNIA: Clean Water Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
January 2002: Clean Water Act Update: An Old Dog With New Tricks by Paeter E. Garcia, Esq. with the Los Angeles law firm of Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish, LLP | |
June 2001: State Water Resources Control Board Names Celeste Cantu as Executive Director | |
February 2001: State Water Resources Control Board Proposes Standardized Enforcement Policy for All Nine Regional Boards | |
February 2001: State Water Resources Control Board Proposes Standardized Enforcement Policy for All Nine Regional Boards | |
January 2001: California: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Revised Statewide Enforcement Proposal to Standardize an Increasing Number of Enforcement Actions |
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January 2010: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Issues Large Fine in Case of Agricultural Erosion | |
November 2009: Central Valley Regional Water Board Rescinds Former Policy Regarding Salinity in Wastewater Discharges—More Stringent Rule Likely | |
October 2009: State Water Resources Control Board Holds Public Workshop to Develop a Strategy to Protect Beneficial Uses of Groundwater in the Central Valley | |
March 2009: Central Valley Regional Board Proposes to Fine Small Mutual Water Company $3.9 Million in Mandatory Minimum Penalties | |
November 2008: Regional Water Quality Control Board Pressures Bureau of Reclamation to Address Salinity in the San Joaquin River | |
August 2008: State Water Resources Control Board and Two Regional Water Quality Control Boards Release Strategic Workplan for Delta Estuary | |
June 2008: Ninth Circuit Applies Supreme Court Decision in Atlantic Research, Reverses Itself in Pinal Creek, Allows Cost Recovery Claims Under CERCLA Section 107(a) Kotrous v. Goss-Jewett Company, ___F.3d___ 06-15162, 06-16019 (9th Cir. April 17, 2008) | |
May 2008: Central Valley Regional Board Proposes $216,000 Penalty against City of Turlock for Sewage Discharge Violations California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, Administrative Civil Liability Complaint R5-2008-0512 | |
April 2008: Lawsuit Filed Alleging End-Run of Clean Water Act NPDES Requirements for Central Valley Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations San Francisco Baykeeper, et al. v. Regional Water Quality Control Bard, Central Valley Region 34-2008-00003603-CU-WM-GDS, Sacramento County Superior Court, filed Feb. 15,2008 | |
November 2007: Central Valley Irrigated Lands Program Update | |
August 2007: Environmental Groups Sue Central Valley Regional Board Water Quality Control Board over Waivers for Agricultural Discharges California Sportfishing Protection Alliance v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board—Central Valley, filed June 15, 2007, Sacramento Superior Court | |
June 2007: South Delta Salinity Standards Prompt Financial Contributions for the Development of the Central Valley Salinity Management Plan | |
March 2007: Tribe Liability for Effluent Limitations at Casino Wastewater Control Facility Reduced Due to Regional Board Errors in Effluent Calculations | |
October 2006: Sacramento Airport Faces $2.3 Million Fix for Wetlands/Endangered Species Oversight U.S. v. County of Sacramento 2:06-CV-00908 GEB-GGH, (E.D. Cal.. 2006) | |
August 2006: Addressing Water Quality in the Agricultural Central Valley: Region 5 Water Quality Control Board Renews Irrigated Lands Program | |
June 2006: California Agricultural Water Quality Regulatory Update: Waiver Programs and Increasing Fees | |
June 2006: District Court In California Confirms the Difficulty in Obtaining Preliminary Injunctions in Environmental Cleanup Cases Redevelopment Agency v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Ry., ___F.Supp.2d___ Case No. 05-2087 (E.D. Cal. April 11, 2006) | |
February 2006: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Addresses Rising Salinity Levels in California’s Central Valley Water Supplies | |
February 2006: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Extends Conditional Waiver Program for Runoff from Irrigated Lands | |
June 2005: Superior Court Upholds Central Valley Regional Board’s Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge for Agriculture DeltaKeeper v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board for the Central Valley, 04CS00235 | |
May 2005: Water Quality in California’s Central Valley: Seeking an Enforcement Policy for the Future | |
March 2005: Stockton Fish Kill Solution Blames Everybody, Pleases Nobody | |
December 2004: First District Affirms Mandatory Minimum Penalty of $243,000 for Violations of Wastewater Discharge Permit by the City of Brentwood City of Brentwood v. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, ___Cal.App.4th___ A102819 (1st Dist. Oct. 27, 2004) | |
July 2004: Court of Appeal Finds Lodi’s Municipal Environmental Ordinance Is Preempted by California Statute. City of Lodi v. Randtron 118 Cal. App. 4th 337 (2004). | |
June 2004: California Court of Appeal Finds State Statue Preempts Municipal Authority Over Cleanup of State-Listed Sites City of Lodi v. Randtron, ___Cal.App.4th___ C037445, C038921 (Cal.App. 3rd Dist. May 5, 2004). | |
March 2004: California Regional Water Quality Control Boards Adopt New Waivers for Nonpoint Source Discharges | |
February 2004: State Water Resources Control Board Holds Workshop to Consider Draft Order Regarding Agricultural Runoff Rules | |
1 December 2003: State Water Resources Control Board Stays Requirement for Agricultural Coalitions to File Membership Documents under Agricultural Discharge Waiver. (SWRCB Order WQO 2003-0016, October 28, 2003.) | |
October 2003: Agricultural and Environmental Interests File Petition for Review of Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges from Irrigated Lands SWRCB/OCC File No. A-1586 and A-1586(a) through A-1586(f)). | |
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 | |
June 2003: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Reconsiders Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Irrigated Lands | |
May 2003: State of California Settles Lawsuit with American States Water Company Regarding Contamination Emanating from Property Owned by Aerojet American States Water Company, et al. v. State of California, et al. Case No. 99AS05947 (Sacramento Superior Court). | |
January 2003: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Adopts Conditional Two-Year Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Agricultural Return Flows | |
November 2002: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Order on City of Vacaville's Petition for Review of Waste Discharge Requirements. | |
October 2002: Continuing Litigation and Administrative Processes Regarding Central Valley RWQCB’S Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Agricultural Return Flows Waterkeepers Northern California, et al. v. CVRWQCB, Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 02CS00289. Regional Water Quality Control Board |
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July 2009: Regional Water Board Incorporates Multi-Party Compromise into Sweeping New Storm Water Permit for Ventura County | |
June 2009: Second District Holds Courts Have Statutory Discretion in Determining Remedy for Inadequate Alternatives Analysis in Documents Prepared as Substitute EIRs City of Bellflower v. State Water Resources Control Board, ___Cal.App.4th___ B202660 (2nd Dist. April 3, 2009) | |
October 2008: State Board Freezes Enrollment in Statewide General Storm Water NPDES Permits for Construction and Industrial Projects Following Writ in City of Arcadia Case | |
February 2007: Wastewater Collection Systems in Los Angeles County to Fund Environmentally Beneficial Projects in Satisfaction of Liability for Unauthorized Overflows | |
December 2006: California Court of Appeal Rules Los Angeles Regional Board’s MS4 Permit Is Not Subject to California Environmental Quality Act County of Los Angeles v. State Water Resources Control Bd. 143 Cal.App.4th 985 (Cal. App. 2nd Dist.2006) | |
February 2006: Ninth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Denying Recovery of Cleanup Costs under CERCLA for Failure to Substantially Comply with the National Contingency Plan Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. v. County of Los Angles et al., ___F.3d___ 04-55024 (9th Cir. Jan. 12, 2006) | |
November 2005: California Supreme Court Offers New Hope for Those Seeking to Trigger Coverage on Cleanup Costs Ordered by an Administrative Agency Powerline Oil Company v. Superior Court of Los Angeles 37 Cal.4th 377 (Cal. Aug. 29, 2005) | |
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) | |
May 2005: California Supreme Court Rules that Regional Boards May Not Consider Economic Factors to Justify Imposing Pollutant Restrictions that Are Less Stringent than Federal Standards City of Burbank v. State Water Resources Control Board, ___Cal.4th___ BS060957 (April 4, 2005) | |
September 2004: Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions | |
December 2003: Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board Issues Administrative Complaint against Sony Pictures for Violation of Water Code § 13376 | |
November 2003: California Court of Appeal Decides Regional Boards Need Not Consider Economic Burdens when Determining Permit Effluent Limitations City of Burbank v. California State Water Resources Control Bd. ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. B150912; City of Los Angeles v. State Water Resources Control Bd., Case Nos. B151175, B152562, consolidated (2nd Dist. Aug. 18, 2003). | |
June 2003: In a Case of First Impression, California Court of Appeal Holds One-Year Statute of Limitation Applies to Action to Recover Penalties under Proposition 65 Shamsian v. Atlantic Richfield Company ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. B157698 (2nd Dist. April 10, 2003). | |
April 2003: Los Angeles Regional Board Issues Update on Perchlorate in Region's Groundwater | |
April 2003: Los Angeles County Sanitation District and City of Santa Clarita Ban Future Installation of Residential Water Softeners | |
November 2002: State Water Resources Control Board Adopts New Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load for Los Angeles Coastal Beaches | |
August 2002: Los Angeles RWQCB Proposes Draft Santa Monica Bay Beaches "Wet" Weather Bacteria TMDL | |
May 2002: Clean Water Act Enforcement Complaints Filed: City of Los Angeles Challenges "Trash Total Maximum Daily Loads"; Environmental Groups Seek Compliance with NPDES Permits at Camp Pendleton | |
April 2001: California: Cities Sue Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board Over Trash Total Maximum Daily Loads for Los Angeles River Watershed Cities of Arcadia,Artesia,et al.v.California Regional Water Quality Control Board,Los Angeles Region Case Nos.A-1280,A-1280(a),and A-280(b) (Los Angeles County Superior Court). | |
April 2001: Cities Sue Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board over Trash Total Maximum Daily Loads for Los Angeles River Watershed Cities of Arcadia,Artesia,et al.v.California Regional Water Quality Control Board,Los Angeles Region Case Nos.A-1280,A-1280(a),and A-280(b)(Los Angeles County Superior Court). |
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March 2008: Fourth District Court Removes Procedural Hurdle to Water Quality Litigation Schutte & Koerting, Inc. v. California Regional Water Quality Control Bd., San Diego Region, ___Cal.App.4th___ D048830 (4th App. Dist. Jan. 16, 2008) | |
March 2007: Fourth-Term San Diego County MS4 Permit Adopted by RWQCB | |
January 2007: California Court of Appeal Determines that Best Management Practices May Be Used Instead of Numerical Limits for Storm Water Discharges Divers’ Environmental Conservation Organization v. State Water Resources Control Board, ___Cal. App.4th___ DO46112 (4th Dist. Nov. 28, 2006) | |
November 2005: California Supreme Court Addresses Landfill Liability for Water Quality Impacts: If No Damage Award, then No Indemnity County of San Diego v. Ace Property & Casualty Insurance Co., ___Cal.4th___ S114778 (Cal. Aug. 29, 2005) | |
November 2005: California Supreme Court Offers New Hope for Those Seeking to Trigger Coverage on Cleanup Costs Ordered by an Administrative Agency Powerline Oil Company v. Superior Court of Los Angeles 37 Cal.4th 377 (Cal. Aug. 29, 2005) | |
January 2005: Fourth District Upholds San Diego RWQCB Permit Aimed at Reducing Runoff from Municipal Storm Sewers Building Industry Association of San Diego County v. State Water Resources Control Board, ___Cal.App.4th___ D042385 (4th Dist. Dec. 7, 2004) | |
January 2005: Fourth District Holds that Courts Cannot Review SWRCB’s Decision to Decline Review of Regional Board Orders Johnson v. State Water Resources Control Board, ___Cal.App.4th___ D043278, (4th Dist. Oct. 7, 2004) | |
January 2002: State Water Resources Control Board Upholds Strict Regulations on Storm-Water Runoff | |
July 2001: Organizations Appeal San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board's Adoption of Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges of Urban Runoff |
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December 2009: Legislation Creates Stormwater Reuse Framework for California | |
October 2009: Residential Graywater: A New Water Source in California | |
June 2009: Environmental Groups Sue State Challenging CEQA Compliance for Drought Water Bank | |
June 2009: California Office of Planning and Research Submits Proposed CEQA Guidelines for GHG Emissions to State Resources Agency to Begin Rulemaking Process | |
June 2008: Land use legislation | |
April 2008: aaa aaa aaa | |
June 2007: Salton Sea Restoration: New Proposed Draft Design and Legislative First Steps | |
January 2007: Salton Sea Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Report: Battle to Save the Salton Sea | |
December 2006: Salton Sea Ecosystem Restoration Program Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Report Released for Public Review and Comment | |
July 2004: Resources Agency Issues Proposed CEQA Guideline Amendments. | |
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) | |
May 2003: Court Finds CalFed Programmatic Environmental Impact Report and Record of Decision Are Adequate for CEQA Purposes Bay-Delta Programmatic Environmental Impact Report Coordinated Proceedings Case No. JC 4152 (Superior Court, County of Sacramento March 28, 2003). | |
February 2003: Oral Argument on California Environmental Quality Act Challenge to CalFed EIR Concludes Sacramento Superior Court Consolidated Case No. 4152 | |
December 2002: Court of Appeal: Third District Court of Appeal Invalidates Portions of CEQA Guidelines Communities for a Better Environment et al. v. California Resources Agency ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. C038844 (3rd Dist. Oct. 28, 2002). | |
November 2002: Governor Davis Signs Bill to Create California Bay-Delta Authority | |
July 2001: Governor Davis Appoints Michael Spear to Head Resources Agency's Land Conservation and Stewardship Program | |
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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Rialto Utility Authority |
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Richvale Irrigation District |
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Rincon Del Diablo Municipal Water District |
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Riverside County Local Agency Formation Commission |
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Riverside County Regional Park and Open Space District |
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Riviera West Mutual Water Company |
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Round Valley County Water District |
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Sacramento Area Council of Governments |
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Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency |
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Sacramento Groundwater Authority |
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Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission |
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Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Conservancy |
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Salton Sea Authority |
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San Benito Water District |
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San Bernardino Local Agency Formation Commission |
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San Bernardino Redevelopment Agency |
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San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District |
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San Diego Air Pollution Control District |
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February 2010: Colorado River ‘Quantification Settlement Agreement’ Invalidated as Unconstitutional | |
July 2009: The All-American Canal Lining Project Draws to a Close | |
April 2008: Superior Court Dismisses Court Challenge of Quantification Settlement Agreement Quantification Settlement Agreement Coordinated Special Proceeding JC4353, Sacramento Superior Court | |
April 2008: Three of California’s Largest Water Agencies Join National ‘Dream Team’ Formed to Address Climate Change Issues | |
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 | |
August 2007: Appellate Victory a Step Forward for the Quantification Settlement Agreement As Imperial County Petitions for Rehearing County of Imperial v. Superior Court of Sacramento County, et al. 152 Cal.App.4th 13 (3rd Dist. 2007) | |
January 2006: San Diego County Water Authority Adopts Urban Water Management Plan Implementing $3.1 Billion Capital Improvement Program | |
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.) | |
July 2005: Nine Lawsuits Plague Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement | |
October 2004: Suit to Invalidate County Ordinance Setting Water Transportation Rate Charges Dismissed—Is Not a Capacity Charge Defined by Government Code Section 66013 Rincon Del Diablo Municipal Water District v. San Diego County Water Authority, ___Cal.App.4th___ DO42529 (4th Dist. Aug. 17, 2004) | |
August 2004: San Diego County Water Authority Approves $2 Billion Plan to Break Its Dependence on Metropolitan Water District | |
May 2004: Court of Appeal Upholds Metropolitan Water District’s Interpretation of 1931 Water Allocation Formula San Diego County Water Authority, et al. v. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, et al. ___Cal.App.4th___, 11 Cal. Rptr.3d 446 (1st Dist.2004). | |
April 2004: San Diego County Water Authority Challenges Metropolitan Water District’s Interpretation of a 1931 Water Rights Formula San Diego Co. Water Auth., et al. v. Metro. Water Dist. of So. Cal., et al. Case No. AO 98526 (Cal. App. 1st. Dist) | |
March 2004: California: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
February 2004: Imperial Irrigation District Implements Emergency Fallowing Program Making Water Available for Transfer to San Diego | |
December 2003: The Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement—Wrapping Up the Deal | |
December 2003: Will Morgan v. Imperial Irrigation District Unravel the Quantification Settlement Agreement? Morgan v. Imperial Irrigation District; Michael W. Morgan et al. v. Imperial Irrigation District Case No. L-01510, filed July 18, 2003 (Imperial County Superior Court); Case No. ECU 01646, filed Nov. 3, 2003 (Imperial County Superior Court) | |
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 | |
July 2003: San Diego Superior Court Upholds San Diego County Water Authority's Water Transportation Rate Methodology Rincon Del Diablo Municipal Water District, et al. v. San Diego County Water Authority Case No. GIC 798230 (San Diego Superior Court April 24, 2003). | |
June 2003: Federal Court Remands Determination of IID's Reasonable and Beneficial Water Use to U.S. Department of Interior Imperial Irrigation District v. Norton, et al. ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 03CV0069W (JFS), filed Jan. 10, 2003 (S.D. Cal.) | |
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). | |
May 2003: Salton Sea Authority Endorses Restoration Plan | |
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 | |
October 2001: Metropolitan Member Agencies Join in "Preferential Rights" Suit Brought by San Diego County Water Authority against Metropolitan and Los Angeles San Diego Water Authority v. Metropolitan Water District Case No. 320217, filed july 20, 2001(San Fransisco Superior Court). | |
July 2001: State Legislative Proposal Seeks Regional Equity for Metropolitan Water District's Reserve Dollars |
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San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board |
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San Diego Redevelopment Agency |
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San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District |
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San Francisco Public Utility Commission |
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San Francisco Rent Stabilization Board |
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San Francisco Rent Stablization Board |
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San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority |
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San Gabriel Valley Water Company |
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November 2009: Two California Air Districts Publish Guidance to Help Evaluate the Impacts of Land Use Projects on Climate Change under CEQA | |
May 2009: Ninth Circuit Finds EPA’s Approval of Local Air District’s Particulate Pollutant Control Program Comports with Clean Air Act Requirements Latino Issues Forum, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., ___F.3d___ 06-71907 (9th Cir. March 5, 2009) | |
January 2009: Fifth District Court Concludes that Air Pollution Control District Failed to Adequately Assess Impacts of Dairy Emissions Rule on Public Health Association of Irritated Residents v. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, ___Cal. App.4th___ F053956 (5th Dist. Nov. 19, 2008) | |
August 2006: District Court Holds Private Plaintiffs Can File Citizen Suit under the Clean Air Act without Exhausting State Administrative Remedies Association of Irritated Residents v. C & R Vanderham Diary, ___F.Supp.2d___ F 05-1593 AWI SMS (E.D. Cal. Jun. 16, 2006) | |
October 2005: Ninth Circuit Refuses to Overturn EPA’s Approval of California’s Central Valley Air Attainment Plan for Fine Particles—A 2010 Attainment Deadline Stays in Place Association of Irritated Residents v. U.S. EPA, ___F.3d 04-72650, 04-27236 (9th Cir. Sept.6, 2005) | |
July 2003: New Air Quality Plans Could Complicate Efforts to Control Water Discharge at Construction Sites |
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San Jose Redevelopment Agency |
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San Luis |
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San Luis and Delta Mendota Water Authority |
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San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District |
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San Luis Obispo County Rent Review Board |
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Santa Ana |
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Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority |
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Santa Clara County Open Space Authority |
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Santa Clara Valley Water District |
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Santa Clarita Water District |
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Santa Cruz Flood Control and Water Conservation District |
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Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District |
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Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy |
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Santa Monica Rent Control Board |
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Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District |
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Semitropic Water Storage District |
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Shasta Community Services District |
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Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District |
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Sierra Nevada Conservancy |
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Sierra View Local Health Care District |
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Solano County Airport Land Use Commission |
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Solano County Water Agency |
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Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District |
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Sonoma County Water Agency |
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South Coast Air Quality Management District |
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January 2009: Ninth Circuit Holds District Court Was Not the Forum for a School District’s Clean Air Act Title V Permit Challenge Romoland School Dist. v. Inland Empire Energy Center, LLC , ___F.3d___ 06- 56632 (9th Cir. Nov. 18, 2008) | |
March 2008: Second District Concludes Permitted Maximum Emissions Improper Baseline for CEQA Review where ‘Realized Physical Conditions on the Ground’ Differed Communities for a Better Environment, et al. v. South Coast Air Quality Mgmt. Dist., et al., ___Cal.App.4th_ __ B193500 (2nd Dist. Dec. 18, 2007) | |
October 2007: Ninth Circuit Holds State and Local Government Procurement Decisions under Fleet Rules Not Preempted under the Clean Air Act Engine Manufacturers Association v. South Coast Air Quality Management District, ___F.3d___ 05-56654 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2007) | |
May 2006: California Court of Appeal Upholds Clean Air Act’s PM10 and Ammonia Emissions Rule Western States Petroleum Association v. South Coast Air Quality Management District, ___Cal.App.4th___ B181303, (2nd Dist. Feb. 15, 2006) | |
January 2006: Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties And Sanctions | |
May 2005: Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions | |
January 2004: New Adventures in Project Cumulative Impact Assessments | |
July 2003: New Air Quality Plans Could Complicate Efforts to Control Water Discharge at Construction Sites |
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South Delta Water Agency |
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South San Joaquin Irrigation District |
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South Yuba Water District |
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Southern California Water Company |
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August 2005: Court Provisionally Approves Stipulation to End Eight-Year Santa Maria Basin Adjudication | |
June 2004: Public Utilities Comission Condemns Water Rights Lease Made Without Permission; Utility May Lose Water Rights as Result In the Matter of the Application of Southern California Water Company, [U133-W] Decision 04-03-039 (March 16, 2004). | |
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). | |
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 | |
May 2003: State of California Settles Lawsuit with American States Water Company Regarding Contamination Emanating from Property Owned by Aerojet American States Water Company, et al. v. State of California, et al. Case No. 99AS05947 (Sacramento Superior Court). | |
June 2002: Water Utility May Not Condemn Property for NonWater Related Services Patel v. Southern California Water Company ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. G023360 (4th Dist. April 16, 2002).) | |
March 2002: Central Basin Pumpers Appeal Decision Denying Their Motion for Groundwater Storage Rights Central-West Basin Replenishment et al., Respondents v. Southern California Water Co. et al., Appellants Case No. B155143, appeal filed Dec. 6, 2001 (2nd Dist). |
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State Board of Equalization |
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State Desalination Task Force |
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State Forestry Board |
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State Lands Commission |
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