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August 2010: First District Finds Alameda County Applied Wrong Legal Standard to Determine In-Fill Development Exemption from CEQA Tomlinson, et al. v. County of Alameda, et al. 185 Cal. App.4th 1029 (1st Dist. 2010) |
May 2010: Superior Court finds State Must Perform Environmental Review for Completed 2009 Drought Water Bank Butte Environmental Council v. California Department of Water Resources RG09446708 (Alameda Super. Ct. March 2010) | |
December 2009: East Bay Municipal Utility District Adopts Water Supply Management Program 2040 | |
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 2007: East Bay Municipal Utility District Seeks Voluntary Water Rationing for the First Time in 15 Years |
May 2007: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review of Baccarat Decision Dealing with Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Baccarat Fremont Developers, LLC v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 425 F.3d 1150 (9th Cir. 2005); cert. denied, U.S. S.Ct., Feb. 20, 2007 | |
June 2006: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reduces California Red-Legged Frog Critical Habitat | |
December 2005: First District Rules Inverse Condemnation Action Unripe, Rejects Application of Futility Exception to Ripeness Doctrine County of Alameda v. Superior Court (San Leandro Rock Company, Inc.), ___ Cal.App.4th___ A109576 (1st Dist. Oct. 18, 2005) |
July 2005: California Department of Water Resources Awards $25 Million in Grants for Water Desalination Projects | |
March 2005: California Court Rules to Protect Cleanup Judgment Debtor from Having to Assume Responsibilities of Others Who Attempt to Settle Out State of California v. Saberi, ___Cal.App.4th___ A102091, 102543, and 103463, unpub. op. (1st Dist. Feb. 3, 2005) | |
January 2005: First District Court Finds Alameda Initiative to Amend County General Plan Inapplicable to Previously Issued Surface Mining Permit Save Our Sunol, Inc. v. Mission Valley Rock Company, ___Cal.App.4th___ A105160 (1st Dist. Nov. 19, 2004) | |
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). |
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August 2010: District Court Upholds Claim Challenging California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Based on Federal Conflict Preemption Principles Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Goldstene, ___F.Supp.2d___ CV-F-09-2234 LJO DLB, CV-F-10-163 LJO DLB (E.D. Cal. June 16, 2010) | |
August 2010: California Legislature Considers Expanding Eligible Recipients of Sustainable Communities Funding to Special Districts, JPAs and Other Land Use Authorities |
August 2010: Vermont Enacts Renewable Energy Law | |
August 2010: California Legislature Considers Requiring Public Land Trustees to Prepare Sea Level Action Plan | |
August 2010: Legislative update | |
July 2010: State Water Resources Control Board Adopts Policy to Phase Out Once- Through Cooling Systems at 19 Coastal and Estuarine Power Plants | |
July 2010: ‘Constituents of Emerging Concern’ in Southern California Water Sources |
July 2010: The San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District Adopts Stringent CEQA Thresholds of Significance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
July 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Commences Five-Year Review of 34 Species in California and Nevada | |
July 2010: Legislative update | |
July 2010: California Legislature Considers Expanding Eligible Recipients of Sustainable Communities Funding to Special Districts, JPAs and Other Land Use Authorities | |
June 2010: D.C. Circuit Holds EPA’s Approval of Emission Limits on In-Use Non-Road Engines Within California Is Consistent with Clean Air Act Standards American Trucking Associations, Inc., v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___ 09-1090 (D.C. Cir. April 2, 2010) | |
June 2010: California Department of Water Resoruces Releases the 2009 California Water Plan Update | |
June 2010: A Move Toward the Statewide Management of Groundwater Resources— LAO’s 2010 Report and SB 6X7 | |
June 2010: California Public Utilities Commission Stays Rules for Transferable Renewable Energy Credits | |
June 2010: Land Use Legislation | |
June 2010: Mitigating Climate Change Impacts: CEQA’s Existing Rules Apply—Don’t They? | |
May 2010: Legislative Update | |
May 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates 1.6 Million Acres of Critical Habitat for the California Red-Legged Frog | |
May 2010: Petition Filed with the FWS to Remove the California Gnatcatcher from Federal Endangered Species List |
April 2010: California Fish and Game Commission Lists California Tiger Salamander as a Threatened Species | |
April 2010: Legal Uncertainly: Local Regulation of Medical Marijuana Collectives | |
April 2010: Greenhouse Gas Policy at the Crossroads in California—As Details of AB 32 Implementation Emerge, So Do Second Thoughts | |
April 2010: Legislative Update | |
April 2010: Proposed Initiatives for the November 2010 Ballot to Enact ‘California Job and Housing Act’ to Amend CEQA Initiatives 10-008 to 10-011 | |
March 2010: Congressional Field Hearing Highlights Challenges and Opportunities In Managing California’s Water Supplies | |
March 2010: California Department of Water Resources Releases Draft State Water Project Delivery Reliability Report | |
March 2010: Legislative Update | |
March 2010: California Adopts Nation’s First Mandatory Green Building Code | |
March 2010: California Adopts Environmental Review Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions | |
March 2010: State of California Adopts Mandatory ‘Green’ Building Standards—The Most Comprehensive ‘Green’ Building Code In the Nation | |
February 2010: San Francisco Bay Mussels to be Utilized in NOAA Study for ‘Emerging Contaminants’ | |
February 2010: 25th California Water Law & Policy MCLE Conference to Address Changing Water Law Issues... and How Climate Change Is Playing into the Water Management Picture | |
February 2010: Environmental Group Files Notice of Intent to Sue Seeking ESA Protective Status for 144 Species | |
February 2010: Dual Representation and Due Process: Maintaining the Line Between Advocate and Advisor in Land Use Proceedings | |
January 2010: California State Water Resources Control Board Issues New Draft of Water Quality Enforcement Policy | |
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: 2009 Year-End Review of Select Land Use Legislation | |
January 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Responds to CBD Lawsuits Demanding Critical Habitat for Riverside Fairy Shrimp and Plants | |
January 2010: California Air Resources Board Adopts Climate Change Scoping Plan | |
January 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Revised Habitat for Southern California Lily | |
January 2010: California Releases Preliminary Draft Regulation for Cap and Trade Program | |
December 2009: Legislation Creates Stormwater Reuse Framework for California | |
December 2009: Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Safe Harbor Law Providing Landowners with Species ‘Incidental Take’ Coverage | |
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.) | |
December 2009: California Enters into MOU with the U.S. Department of the Interior on Renewable Energy—And Related Milestones from the Federal-State Renewable Energy Action Team | |
November 2009: Department of Water Resources Updates Model Landscape Ordinance | |
November 2009: Land Use Legislation | |
November 2009: Climate Action Reserve’s ‘Forest Project Protocol 3.0’ Adopted by the California Air Resources Board | |
October 2009: Residential Graywater: A New Water Source in California | |
October 2009: State Water Resources Control Board Adopts New NPDES General Construction Permit and Waste Discharge Requirements for Stormwater Discharges |
October 2009: Residential Graywater: A New Water Source in California | |
October 2009: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rejects Endangered Species Act Protection for California Seabird | |
October 2009: Land use legislation | |
August 2009: New State Senate Bill Proposes a Moratorium on Permits for Suction Dredge Mining | |
August 2009: State Government May Borrow Money from Water Districts for Budget | |
August 2009: U.S. EPA Grants California’s GHG Emissions Waiver under the Clean Air Act | |
August 2009: Different Attitudes, Divergent Results: Potential Regional Variations in Implementation of California’s Senate Bill 375 | |
August 2009: Legislative update | |
August 2009: House Approves Spending Increase for Environmental and Conservation Programs | |
July 2009: California State Water Resources Control Board Issues Draft Construction General Permit Regulating Storm Water Discharges | |
July 2009: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Proposed Revisions to the Water Quality Enforcement Policy | |
July 2009: Conservation and the ‘20x2020 Plan’: A Partial Approach to California’s Water Crisis? | |
July 2009: Legislative update | |
July 2009: Clearing Up Red Tape for Green Projects: California Proposes Streamlined Endangered Species Permitting for Renewable Energy Projects | |
June 2009: California Office of Planning and Research Submits Proposed CEQA Guidelines for GHG Emissions to State Resources Agency to Begin Rulemaking Process | |
June 2009: California Adopts World’s First Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Sets Higher Standard than Proposed Federal LCFS | |
June 2009: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reopens Comment Period for Proposed Revised Critical Habitat Designation for Red-Legged Frog | |
June 2009: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Decreases Critical Habitat for Peninsular Bighorn Sheep by 55 Percent | |
June 2009: Land use legislation | |
May 2009: A Look at Select Water Bond Legislative Proposals | |
May 2009: Federal Lawsuit Seeks Endangered Species Protection for Ashy Storm Petrel | |
May 2009: Land use legislation | |
May 2009: Supreme Court Holds Recreational Use Immunity Statute Shielded PG&E from Personal Injury Claims Sustained on Utility Easement Prince v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.,___Cal.4th___ S149344 (Mar. 19, 2009) | |
May 2009: Federal Lawsuit Seeks to Push Interior to Delist Brown Pelican | |
May 2009: California Earmarks American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds for Use by Local Agencies in Developing New Transportation Infrastructure and Community Housing |
April 2009: Climate Change and Water in California | |
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 | |
March 2009: California Court of Appeal Overrules Industry Challenge to Inclusion of Phthalate on Proposition 65 List of Chemicals Known to Cause Reproductive Toxicity Exxon Mobile Corporation v. California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, et al., ___Cal. App.4th___ B204987 (2nd Dist. Jan. 7, 2009) | |
March 2009: A Publicly Owned Treatment Work’s Ownership of Recycled Water: A New Frontier in Water Rights | |
March 2009: State Water Resources Control Board Holds Workshops even before Economic Stimulus Bill Was Passed | |
March 2009: California Appellate Court Decides Meaning of California’s Recently-Enacted Water Supply Assessment Statute | |
March 2009: Land use legislation | |
March 2009: Tackling Climate Change: Taking A Regional Perspective | |
March 2009: California Continues Efforts to Integrate Greenhouse Gas/Climate Change Analysis into the State’s Mini-NEPA | |
March 2009: President Obama Directs U.S. EPA to Reconsider Denial of California Clean Air Act Waiver Request | |
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) | |
February 2009: DWR Announces Local Groundwater Assistance Grant Awards; More Funds Available | |
February 2009: Eleven Eastern States Follow California’s Lead, Agree to Develop Regional Low Carbon Fuel Standard | |
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 | |
February 2009: A Room First, the View Can Come Later: Local Autonomy and the Density Bonus Law | |
January 2009: Governor Schwarzenegger Orders State Agencies to Adapt and Plan for Climate Change and Rising Sea Level |
January 2009: Ten Rural California Water Systems Ordered to Monitor for E. Coli | |
January 2009: State Legislative Analyst’s Office Recommends Sweeping Changes to California Water Law | |
January 2009: The Common Law Taketh Away: Revocation of Offers of Dedication under Biagini v. Beckham | |
December 2008: State Water Resources Control Board to Review Its State Anti-Degradation Policy | |
December 2008: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Addresses Habitat Issues for the San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat and California Condor | |
December 2008: California Air Resources Board and California Energy Commission Siting Committee Begin to Develop CEQA Greenhouse Gas Thresholds of Significance | |
December 2008: Non-Toxic Treatment Offers Promise to Control Quagga and Zebra Mussels | |
December 2008: 2008 California Water Legislation—A Tale of Stalled Bills Poised to Drive the Legislative Agenda in 2009 | |
December 2008: 2008 Year-end review of select land use legislation |
November 2008: California Air Resources Board Unveils Proposed Scoping Plan for Implementing Landmark Climate Legislation | |
November 2008: Examining SB 375’s Landmark Regional Land Use Planning Scheme: Is the Sacred Cow of Local Land Use Control Now Roadkill? | |
November 2008: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reviews Listed Status of Marbled Murrelet | |
November 2008: Legislative update | |
November 2008: State Department of Water Resources Plans Drought Water Bank to Facilitate 2009 Water Transfers | |
November 2008: Developing Conservation-Based Water Rate Structures in Compliance with Proposition 218 | |
November 2008: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Quadruple Critical Habitat for California Red-Legged Frog | |
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: Twenty-five Years Later, What if the Public Trust Requires that We Kill Fish? | |
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: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Addresses Critical Habitat Issues for Bay Checkerspot Butterfly and Peninsular Bighorn Sheep | |
October 2008: Land use legislation | |
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 2008: California Legislature Passes Climate Change Smart Growth Bill: Senate Bill 375 | |
August 2008: Potential Impacts of a Major Earthquake on California’s Water Storage/ Delivery System to be Analyzed | |
August 2008: Governor Schwarzenegger Proclaims Drought in California and State of Emergency In Nine Counties Triggering Agency Mandates |
August 2008: Water Resources and Climate Change: Accommodating the Demise of ‘What’s Past Is Prologue’ | |
August 2008: California Air Resources Board Issues Draft Scoping Plan to Implement State’s Global Warming Solutions Act | |
August 2008: California Legislature Takes Action to Codify Low Carbon Fuel Standard | |
August 2008: Land use legislation | |
August 2008: Office of Planning and Research Publishes CEQA Technical Advisory for Climate Change Analysis | |
August 2008: Third District Holds Statutory Offer of Road Dedication May Be Revoked under Common Law to Preclude Acceptance by Public Use while Pending for Acceptance by Public Entity Biagini v. Beckham, ___Cal.App.4th___ C054915 (3rd Dist. June 9, 2008) | |
August 2008: Senate Bill Shoots for AB 32’s Targets with Transportation and Land Use Planning | |
July 2008: Land use legislation | |
July 2008: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Completes 14 Distinct Five Year Reviews for California Species | |
July 2008: While Colorado Eyes an Abundant Snowpack, California Governor Declares Drought | |
July 2008: State Assembly Rejects Proposed Legislation to Offset Water Use of New Developments | |
July 2008: California Voters Reject Comprehensive Limitations on Eminent Domain | |
July 2008: Federal and State Agencies Consider Listing Longfin Smelt as Threatened or Endangered | |
July 2008: State Assembly Votes to Approve Bill Designed to Protect Declining Fisheries | |
July 2008: Climate Change, NEPA, Mini-NEPA’s, and the California Environmental Quality Act—Works in Progress | |
July 2008: California’s ‘Green Collar’ Workforce—AB 3018 Passes Assembly | |
June 2008: Rainwater Harvesting Catches the Attention of State and Local Goverment | |
June 2008: District Court Holds Federally Certified Wetlands Are Not ‘Areas under Federal Jurisdiction’ for Purposes of the Endangered Species Act Northern California River Watch v. Wilcox, ___F.Supp.2d___ C06-06685CRB (N.D. Cal. March 6, 2008) | |
June 2008: CEQA’s Neverending Story—Post-Entitlement Enforcement of Mitigation Measures | |
June 2008: Land Use Subgroup of California Climate Action Team Issues Draft Submission to the California Air Resources Board | |
June 2008: Environmental Organizations Challenge U.S. Forest Service’s Renewal of Grazing Permits in California Western Watersheds Project, et al. v. U.S. Forest Service 3:08-cv-01460-PJH, filed March 14, 2008 (N.D. Cal) | |
June 2008: Land use legislation | |
May 2008: Third District Court Holds Private Attorney General Fees Are Available to Private Parties even When Public Entities Achieved Substantially Similar Result in Litigation State Water Resources Control Board Cases, ___Cal.App.4th___ C055104 (3rd Dist. Mar. 26, 2008) | |
May 2008: With Snowpack Near Average, California DWR Sets State Water Project Allocations for 2008 at 35 Percent | |
May 2008: Pacific Fisheries Management Council Considers Management Options while California Legislature Acts to Restore Salmon Habitat | |
May 2008: The ‘California Clean Water Act of 2008’ Attempts to Address Aging Sewer Systems | |
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) | |
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 | |
April 2008: California Water Boards Reissue Draft Strategic Plan Update 2008-2012 | |
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 | |
April 2008: State Water Board to Consider Adoption of Proposed Statewide Policy for Compliance Schedules in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination | |
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March 2008: Water Scarcity, Funding and New Technologies Converge in a Golden Age of Urban Water Use Efficiency | |
March 2008: Please Show Us the Way: Stormwater Regulation—The California Experience | |
February 2008: California Sues EPA for Permission to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Motor Vehicles California v. U.S. EPA, filed Jan. 2, 2008, (9th Cir.) | |
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) | |
February 2008: California Department of Fish and Game Increases CEQA Document Filing Fees | |
January 2008: Ninth Circuit Holds Sellers of Lead Containing Materials to Processing Plant Operator Are ‘Arrangers’ under CERCLA California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Alco Pacific, Inc., ___ F.3d___ 05-55962 (9th Cir. Nov. 28, 2007) | |
January 2008: Metropolitan to Add Fluoride to Drinking Water Supply | |
January 2008: Bring Us Law to Match Our Rivers | |
January 2008: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Seeks Water Transfer Options for 2008 and Beyond | |
January 2008: State Water Board Issues New Water Right Fees Payment Notices to Farmers | |
January 2008: DWR Announces 25 Percent Initial Allocation for 2008 State Water Project Deliveries | |
January 2008: First District Court Finds Easement by Necessity Was Extinguished when Federal Government Refrained from Invoking Eminent Domain to Secure Right-of-Way Murphy v. Burch, ___Cal.App.4th___ A117051 (1st Dist. Nov. 19, 2007) | |
January 2008: State Auditor Criticizes Administration and Oversight of Flood Protection Grants Program | |
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) | |
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.) | |
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: Governor Acts on Potential Legislation Addressing Water Supply, Water Quality, and Flood Issues | |
December 2007: A Clash of Equities: Proposition 218 Squares Off against Tiered Water Pricing | |
December 2007: Behind the Eight Ball ’08—Looking Ahead after One of the Driest Water Years on Record | |
December 2007: 2007 Land use legislation wrap up | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in California | |
December 2007: Prohibiting Big Macs and Rollbacks: California’s Ever-Expanding Regulation of Retail End-Users | |
December 2007: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Evaluates Economic Impact of Monterey Spineflower Critical Habitat | |
December 2007: Fourth District Court Considers Appropriate Measure of Damages for Trespass Action Bailey v. Outdoor Media Group, et al., ___Cal.App.4th___ EO40071 (4th Dist. Sept. 25, 2007) | |
November 2007: District Court Dismisses California’s Global Warming Nuisance Claims against Automakers State of California v. General Motors Corp., ___ F.Supp.2d___ C06-5755 MJJ (N.D. Cal. Sept. 17, 2007) | |
November 2007: Global Warming and California Water: As the State Develops Its Response, the Water Industry Anticipates Impacts and Solutions | |
November 2007: Legislative update | |
November 2007: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Final Recovery Plan for Western Snowy Plover | |
November 2007: Governor Signs Legislative Overhaul of California’s Flood Protection System | |
November 2007: Central Valley Irrigated Lands Program Update | |
November 2007: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Estimates Critical Habitat Costs for the Tidewater Goby at $25 Million | |
November 2007: California Attorney General Jerry Brown’s Crusade against Global Climate Change | |
November 2007: New State Regulations Set Legal Limit for Perchlorate in Public Water Supplies | |
October 2007: State Water Board to Release Much-Anticipated Statewide Water Recycling Policy for Public Review | |
October 2007: Quagga Mussel Invasion Continues as California Legislature and Metropolitan Water District Ramp Up Efforts at Control | |
October 2007: Water Agencies Solicit Input from Experts and Public on Responding to Climate Change | |
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) |
October 2007: Center for Biological Diversity Petitions California and Eight Coastal States to Regulate Carbon Dioxide Pollution under the Clean Water Act | |
October 2007: Third District Court Prohibits State Water Resources Control Board Counsel from Acting as Both Prosecutor and Advisor Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. State Water Resources Control Board, 153 Cal.App.4th 202 (3rd Dist. 2007) | |
October 2007: Budget Trailer Bill Creates Exception for Climate Change Analysis under the California Environmental Quality Act | |
October 2007: Land use legislation | |
October 2007: Combating Global Warming through the California Environmental Quality Act | |
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) | |
October 2007: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Critical Habitat for Bighorn Sheep Subspecies | |
August 2007: Climate Change Considerations for Water Planning: AB 224 and Other Legislative Proposals | |
August 2007: Bill Seeking Standardized Water Use Reporting System Passes Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee | |
August 2007: Land use legislation | |
July 2007: As Larger Picture of Water Resources Becomes Known, Numbers Show Snowpack Low and Reservoirs Full | |
July 2007: Kinder Morgan, SFPP Agree to Pay Nearly $5.3 Million to Resolve Federal and State Environmental Violations for Suisun, Alameda, and Donner Lake Spills | |
July 2007: State Water Resources Control Board Dismisses Petitions for Review of Central Valley Agricultural Waiver | |
July 2007: Land use legislation | |
June 2007: Governor Schwarzenegger’s Water Bond Rejected by Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee | |
June 2007: California Water Rights Fees: Petitions for Review Granted by the California Supreme Court California Farm Bureau Federation, et al. v. State Water Resources Control Board, et al. S150518 filed April 11, 2007, California Supreme Court | |
June 2007: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Proposed Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl | |
June 2007: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change: CEQA Catches Up with Science, Celebrities, and Product Placement | |
June 2007: Land use legislation | |
May 2007: Governor’s Water Plan Includes New Surface Water Storage | |
May 2007: Back to the Drawing Board: By Court Order, the State Water Resources Control Board Must Revise Its Invalid Water Right Fees | |
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’ | |
May 2007: State Water Resources Control Board Considers Alternatives for Filling the Gap in Wetlands Regulation Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy (Proposed Policy) State Water Resources Control Board (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) | |
April 2007: Senate Bill No. 178 Revives Legislative Push for Statewide Groundwater Monitoring and Reporting | |
April 2007: Late February Boost to Sierra Snow Pack, but Precipitation at Near Record Lows in Southern California | |
April 2007: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Draft Proposed Revisions to General NPDES Permit for Storm Water Discharge from Construction Sites | |
April 2007: Legislative update | |
April 2007: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Delisting Brown Pelican | |
March 2007: New Flood Management and Control Legislation Introduced | |
March 2007: Second District Dismisses Constitutional Challenge to AB 687—Underlying Casino Contracts Are Subject to Validation Statutes California Commerce Casino, Inc., et al. v. Arnold Schwarzenegger, as Governor, et al. 146 Cal.App.4th 1406 (2nd Dist. 2007) | |
March 2007: Invasive Quagga Mussels Make Their Debut in Southern California | |
March 2007: Third District Court Rules that State Board Regulatory Fees for Water Rights Permits Are Unconstitutional California Farm Bureau Federation v. California State Water Resources Control Board 146 Cal.App.4th 1126 (3rd Dist. 2007) | |
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) | |
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) | |
March 2007: Fourth District Finds Contracts for Sale of Property Void, where Contracts Were Entered Into Prior to Recording of Parcel Maps Black Hills Investments, Inc. v. Albertson’s, Inc. 146 Cal.App.4th 883 (4th Dist. 2007) | |
March 2007: The California State Water Resources Control Board’s Funding Dilemma— Court of Appeal Overturns the Board’s Water Right Fee Regulations | |
February 2007: Governor Schwarzenegger Revives Proposals for Dam Construction | |
February 2007: DWR Finds First Snow Survey of 2007 Shows Snowpack Levels Below Normal | |
February 2007: Global Warming Reaches California Regulatory Agencies and Courts—and You | |
February 2007: California Supreme Court Finds U.S. Constitution Authorizes Fair Political Practices Commission To Sue Indian Tribe For Alleged Violations of Political Reform Act Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Superior Court, ___Cal. 4th___ S123832 (Cal. Dec. 21, 2006) | |
February 2007: Attorney General Opines that City Council May Enter Into Agreements Authorized by Subdivision Map Act with Subdivider that Employs a City Council Member 06 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 806 (December 5, 2006) | |
February 2007: Governor Schwarzenegger’s Budget Includes Proposals for Land Use Related Spending | |
January 2007: Water Legislation 2006: Out-Of-State Influences Impact Legislation in a Constructive but Uneventful Year | |
January 2007: Reclamation of Reclamation Develops Central Valley Project Water Banking Guidelines. | |
January 2007: Show Me the Evidence—District Court Remands on Fish and Wildlife Service’s Final Rule Designating Critical Habitat for Vernal Pool Species Home Builders Ass’n of Northern California v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ___F.Supp.2d___ 05-629-WBS-KJM (E.D. Cal. Nov. 11, 2006) | |
January 2007: AG Opines that in Limited Circumstances, Class III Gaming May Occur on Individual ‘Allotment Land’ or ‘Trust Land’ Held by Individual Indians outside the Boundaries of a Reservation Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen 06-702. (Nov. 15, 2006) | |
January 2007: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Revisions to Critical Habitat for Coastal Fish Tidewater Goby |
January 2006: News from the West: The Struggle of State Versus Federal Control over Water Resources Defenders of Wildlife v. U.S. EPA 420 F.3d 946 (9th Cir. 2005) | |
December 2006: California Water Resources Control Board Issues Proposed Rule Concerning Grants of Stay of the Effect of a Regional Water Quality Control Board | |
December 2006: 2006 Year-End Legislative Summary | |
December 2006: California Voters Reject Proposition 90 Eminent Domain Measure by Narrow Margin | |
November 2006: The Changing Landscape of Proposition 218: Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Verjil (Kelley) | |
November 2006: Engineering Report Ranks California’s Flood Control System a Disappointing “F,” Lending Urgency to Fall Bond Measures | |
November 2006: The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006—Taking on Global Warming by Legislating Reductions in Greenhouse Emissions | |
November 2006: When Worlds Collide—Who Mitigates the Off-Site Impacts of State Projects | |
November 2006: EPA Loses its NPDES Exemption for Discharges Incident to Normal Operation of a Vessel Northwest Environmental Advocates, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., ___F.Supp.2d___ C 03-05760 IS (N.D. Cal. Sept. 18, 2006) | |
November 2006: Legislative update | |
October 2006: California Legislature Rejects a Comprehensive Package of Flood Control Legislation, with Ballot Funding Measure to Go Forward | |
October 2006: California Adopts Legislation Creating First-in-Nation State Regulatory Program For Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions | |
October 2006: California Supreme Court Extends the Reach of Proposition 218 Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Verjil 39 Cal.4th 205 (2006) | |
October 2006: Legislative update | |
October 2006: ‘Protect Our Homes Act’ Initiative Seeking Constitutional Amendment Qualifies for November Ballot | |
August 2006: Addressing Water Quality in the Agricultural Central Valley: Region 5 Water Quality Control Board Renews Irrigated Lands Program | |
August 2006: Central Valley Project in Compliance with Salinity Standards: The Bureau of Reclamation May Deviate from Scientific Models When Statutory Violation Is Anticipated Central Delta Water Agency v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, __F.3d__ 04-16632 (9th Cir. May 22, 2006) | |
August 2006: Eighteen California Congressional Representatives Sign Bipartisan Letter Urging FEMA to Improve Its Flood Map Modernization Program | |
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) | |
August 2006: News from the West | |
August 2006: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Identifies Conflict Between Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog Critical Habitat and Recreational Uses | |
August 2006: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Declines to List Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard as Threatened | |
August 2006: Legislative update | |
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) | |
June 2006: Third District Upholds Mining Reclamation Regulation as within State Mining and Geology Board’s Authority and Consistent with the Surface Mining Act Mineral Associations Coalition v. State Mining and Geology Board 138 Cal.App.4th 574 (3rd Dist. April 12, 2006) | |
June 2006: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finds Alameda Whipsnake Critical Habitat Will Cost More than $500 Million | |
May 2006: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Reconsider Critical Habitat Designation for Five Species in the Wake of a Settlement in Home Builders Association of Northern California v. U.S | |
May 2006: Legislative update | |
May 2006: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Initiates Review of Listing Status of 56 Species | |
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) | |
May 2006: Absence of Evidence that Testing Procedure Was Generally Accepted Science Precludes Environmental Expert from Opining on Mycotoxins Geffcken v. D’Andrea, ___Cal.App.4th___ 1044044, 1046222 (Cal.App. Mar. 28, 2006) | |
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) | |
April 2006: Recent land use legislation | |
April 2006: Settling with Certainty—California Courts of Appeal Grapple with Challenges to the Settlement of Land Use Litigation | |
March 2006: California: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
March 2006: Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Strategic Growth Plan in the 2006 California State of the State Address | |
March 2006: Court of Appeal Upholds Lower Court Ruling that Plaintiff Failed to Prove a Discharge in Violation of Proposition 65 As You Sow v. Conbraco Industries, ___Cal.App. 4th___ A106660, (1st Dist. filed Dec. 12, 2005, certified for publication Jan. 4, 2006) | |
March 2006: First District Finds State Agency Must Conduct CEQA Review of Use of Pesticide Products in Winegrap Disease Control Program Californians for Alternatives to Toxic, et al. v. Calif. Department of Food and Agriculture, ___Cal.App.4th___ A107088, published Jan. 27, 2006 (1st Dist. Dec. 29, 2005) | |
March 2006: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Final Recovery Plan for Tidewater Goby—Department of the Interior Appoints Interim Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks | |
February 2006: California Department of Water Resources Increases 2006 Water Allocation to SWP Contractors | |
February 2006: To Count, or Not to Count: Lawsuit Challenges NMFS’ Election to Not Count Hatchery-Spawned Salmon in Rendering ESA Listing Determinations Alsea Valley Alliance v. Evans (U.S. Department of Commerce) Case No. 05-CV-06376, filed Dec. 13, 2005 (D. Or.) | |
February 2006: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Extends Conditional Waiver Program for Runoff from Irrigated Lands | |
January 2006: Once More with Feeling: With Little to Show in 2005, Water Bills to Watch in 2006 | |
December 2005: Pacific Institute Report Proposes More Efficient Water-Usage Practices to Meet Future Water Needs | |
December 2005: Governor Schwarzenegger Signs AB 1234, Imposing Ethics Training, Compensation and Reimbursement Requirements on Cities, Counties and Special Districts | |
December 2005: State Water Resources Control Board’s Division of Water Quality Issues Recommends Revisions to CWA Section 303(D) List | |
December 2005: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Obstacles and Ironies in Dedicating Conservation Land in California | |
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) | |
December 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Asks for More Comments on California Spotted Owl Status | |
December 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Cutbacks in California Red-Legged Frog Critical Habitat | |
December 2005: 2005 Land use Legislation Wrap Up | |
December 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Re-Proposes Alameda Whipsnake Critical Habitat | |
November 2005: Third District Finds Parcel Map Is Not Official Government Survey; Is Subject to Impeachment Fripp v. Walters 132 Cal.App.4th 656 (3rd Dist. 2005) | |
November 2005: Urban Decay—The Uncertain Intersection of CEQA and Economic Analysis | |
November 2005: Land use legislation | |
November 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reduces Critical Habitat for the Western Snowy Plover | |
October 2005: Achieving Reliability and Sustainability in Water Supply Planning | |
October 2005: Environmental Enforcement: California and Other States Grapple with Land Use Covenants on Federal Property | |
October 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Final Critical Habitat Rule for 15 Vernal Pool Species | |
October 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Draft Economic Analysis Estimates Western Snowy Plover Protection to Cost $645 Million | |
October 2005: NOAA Fisheries Reduces Critical Habitat for Salmon and Steelhead Trout | |
September 2005: California: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection | |
August 2005: California Senate Natural Resources and Water Resources Committee Approves Sweeping Water Bill | |
August 2005: Pesticide Usage along California’s Waterways: Will the Ninth Circuit’s Decision to Protect Salmon also Preserve Water Quality? Washington Toxics Coalition v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___ 04-35138 (9th Cir. June 29, 2005) | |
August 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Begins Review of California Spotted Owl Status | |
August 2005: Legislative update | |
July 2005: Sacramento County Superior Court Upholds Narrative-Based General Stormwater Permit Associated With Construction Activity San Francisco Baykeeper, et al. v. California State Water Resources Control Board 99CS01929 (Sacramento Cty. Superior Ct. May 18, 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) | |
July 2005: Legislative update | |
June 2005: Department of Water Resources Releases California Water Plan Update 2005 | |
June 2005: Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Remove Voter Approval Requirement for Certain Taxes | |
June 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reduces Riverside Fairy Shrimp Critical Habitat to 306 Acres | |
June 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Drastically Reduces Critical Habitat for Endangered Arroyo Toad | |
June 2005: Legislative Update | |
May 2005: Are the Clean Water Act’s Citizen Suit Provisions Being Abused in California? | |
May 2005: District Court Requires NPDES Permits for Incidental Discharges from Ships Northwest Envtl. Advocates v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.Supp.2d___ C03-05760 (N.D. Cal. March 30, 2005) | |
May 2005: Establishing Vested Rights for Surface Mining Operations | |
May 2005: Legislative Update | |
April 2005: Desalination Facilities and Coastal Power Plants: Finding New Use for Old Technology | |
April 2005: California Senate Bill, SB 31, Would Limit Water User Fees | |
April 2005: Arroyo Toad to Cost Water Agencies $49 Million 70 Fed. Reg. 7459 (Feb. 14, 2005) | |
April 2005: Senator Kuehl Unveils New Water Bill Proposal | |
April 2005: Legislative Update | |
April 2005: Is the Grass Really Greener on the Other Side? A Primer on Property Boundary Disputes for the Land Use Practitioner | |
March 2005: Urban Water Management Plan Updates Provide Opportunity to Ease SB 610/221 Compliance | |
March 2005: California Department of Water Resources Proposes Changes to the State’s Flood Control System | |
March 2005: DWR Publishes Guidebook to Assist Water Suppliers in Preparing 2005 Urban Water Management Plans | |
March 2005: California Assembly Bill 159 Proposes to Change Irrigation District Voting Procedures | |
March 2005: The New World of State and Local Wetlands Regulation | |
March 2005: Second District Court Recognizes Landlord’s Contractual Duty to Preserve Tenants’ Quiet Enjoyment Implied in Every Lease Agreement Andrews v. Mobile Aire Estates, 125 Cal.App.4th 578 (2nd Dist. 2005) | |
March 2005: New Appointees Round Out California Coastal Commission | |
March 2005: CALIFORNIA: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
February 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Re-Proposes Western Snowy Plover Critical Habitat with Minimal Change for California | |
February 2005: NOAA Modifies Proposal to Designate Critical Habitat for Salmon and Steelhead in California and the Pacific Northwest. | |
February 2005: The California Legislature Should Establish Water Courts | |
January 2005: Voters Terminate Property Tax Shifting from Local Governments and Special Districts; Governor’s Budget Focuses Shift on Enterprise Special Districts | |
January 2005: National Conservation Groups File Petition for Water Rights System Reform | |
January 2005: California Department of Water Resources Offers Nearly $4.6 million in Proposition 40 Grant Money for Urban Stream Restoration Grants | |
January 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Draft Recovery Plans for Vernal Pools and Tidewater Goby Fish | |
December 2004: Guiding Your Project through the Regulatory Rapids: Working with Resource Agencies | |
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) | |
December 2004: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Critical Habitat in Southern California | |
December 2004: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Draft Economic Analysis For Riverside Fairy Shrimp Critical Habitat | |
December 2004: California Fish and Game Commission Rejects Petition to List California Tiger Salamander as Endangered | |
December 2004: Legislative update | |
December 2004: California’s New Land Reuse and Revitalization Act May Assist Brownfields Development | |
November 2004: New Legislation Gives Local Flood Control Districts Greater Power to Protect Levees. | |
November 2004: State Water Resources Control Board Adopts Water Rights and Water Quality Fee Schedules for 2004-2005 State Water Resources Control Board 20004-0061 (Amending Cal. Code Regs., tit. 23, div. 3) | |
November 2004: Reactions to Guidance for SWRCB Regarding Proposed Regulation of “Isolated” Waters | |
November 2004: Governor Schwarzeneggar Approves Legislation Creating Sierra Nevada Conservancy. | |
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) | |
November 2004: Two New Lawsuits Filed to Designate Critical Habitat for Rare Plants | |
November 2002: Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions | |
October 2004: Legislative update | |
October 2004: Recent Court Decisions and Publications Provide Guidance in Piecing Together Water Supply Analyses for Development Projects | |
October 2004: DWR and SWRCB Release Proposition 50 Integrated Regional Water Management Grant Program Draft Guidelines for Public Review | |
October 2004: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes California Tiger Salamander Critical Habitat | |
October 2004: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists California Tiger Salamander as Threatened | |
September 2004: CALIFORNIA: Enforcement of Water Quality Regulation and Penalties | |
August 2004: State Water Resources Control Board Passes Resolution 2004-0035 to Implement the Consolidated Watershed Protection, Watershed Management, Drinking Water Quality, and Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Grants. | |
August 2004: Encroachers Beware: The Sun Is Setting on the Wild West Doctrine of Adverse Possession |
August 2004: Ninth Circuit Refuses to Let Judgment Creditor Intervene in Environmental Enforcement Action that May Impair the Creditor’s Ability to Collect United States v. Alisal Water Corporation, et al 370 F.3d 915 (9th Cir. 2004) | |
August 2004: Controversial “User Fees” Proposed to Fund CalFed Programs | |
August 2004: Napa Valley Wine Train Is Not a Common Carrier and Therefore Not Subject To Regulation as a Public Utility City of St. Helena v. Public Utilities Commission ___ Cal.App.4th ___(1st Dist. June 21, 2004) | |
July 2004: Resources Agency Issues Proposed CEQA Guideline Amendments. | |
July 2004: Governor Appoints Three New Members to California Coastal Commission. | |
July 2004: Revised California Water Plan Draft, Focusing on Diversification of Supply, Now Available. | |
July 2004: State Water Resources Control Board Adopts General Permit for Discharge of Aquatic Pesticides. | |
June 2004: California Environmental Protection Agency Sets Public Health Goal for Arsenic in Drinking Water | |
June 2004: State Water Resources Control Board Proposes Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements to Waters Deemed outside Federal Jurisdiction. | |
June 2004: Keeping Them Down On the Farm—Recent Trends In Williamson Act Legislation | |
June 2004: Endangered Species Update. | |
June 2004: Legislative Update | |
June 2004: Critical Habitat Designations Affecting California. | |
June 2004: Senate Bill 1272 Addresses Special Districts’ Governance. | |
May 2004: State Officials Clash over whether Public Bond Funds Should Be Available to Private Water Companies | |
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). |
May 2004: Communities for a Better Environment and Exxon Reach Settlement over California Water Quality Communities for a Better Environment, et al. v. Tosco Corp., et al. San Francisco Super. Ct., Case No. 300595. | |
April 2004: Perchlorate Remediation Continues Statewide as Purveyors Await “Public Health Goal” | |
April 2004: California Farm Bureau Federation, Others, Challenge State Water Resources Control Board’s Water Rights Fees In Re the Petition of the California Farm Bureau Federation, et al., Re State Water Resources Control Board Resolution 2003-0077. | |
April 2004: Governor Schwarzenegger Names Lester Snow as Director of the Department of Water Resources | |
April 2004: State Water Resources Control Board Adopts Regulations Requiring Certification for Underground Storage Tank Operators, Installers, Service Technicians and Inspectors | |
April 2004: Ninth Circuit Upholds Federal Government’s Sovereign Immunity in Suit Challenging Reduction of Central Valley Project Water Orff, et al., v. United States, et al ___F.3d___, Case No. 0016922P (9th Cir. Feb. 18, 2004). | |
April 2004: State Water Resources Control Board Approves Action to Implement Statewide Comprehensive Groundwater Quality Monitoring | |
March 2004: Court of Appeal Finds California’s Lead and Copper Rule Test Methodology under SDWA Invalid Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation v. Edmund A. Gray Co., et al, __Cal.App.4th___, Case Nos. A100075, A100279 (1st Dist. Jan. 23, 2004; Corrected Jan. 27, 2004). | |
March 2004: Prospective Purchaser in a Project Subject to the Subdivided Lands Law Was Entitled to Recover under a Bond for Developer Breach, where Agreement Preceded Bond Corby v. Gulf Insurance Co 114 Cal.App.4th 1371 (2nd Dist. 2004). | |
March 2004: California: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
February 2004: State Water Resources Control Board Adopts Emergency Regulations Establishing Water Right and Water Quality Certification Fees Schedules; Lawsuit Filed SWRCB Resolution No. 2003-0077. | |
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: State Water Resources Control Board Holds Workshop to Consider Draft Order Regarding Agricultural Runoff Rules | |
February 2004: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Proposed Policy for Implementation and Enforcement of Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program | |
February 2004: SB 619: Killing Smart Growth To Meet Low and Moderate Income Housing Needs | |
January 2004: California Set to Adopt Emergency Regulations Establishing Increased Fees for Petitions and Setting Annual Water Rights Fees | |
January 2004: California State Lands Commission Proposes Regulations Governing Oil Transfers, Oil Terminal Safety | |
January 2004: Report Estimates that One-Third of Urban Water Demand Can Be Met through Existing Water Conservation Technology | |
January 2004: Water and the 2003 California Legislature: Polemics, Procrastination & Pirouettes | |
January 2004: California Legislature Passes Two Bills Addressing Perchlorate Contamination | |
January 2004: Governor’s Office of Planning and Research Announces Publication of Its 2003 Edition of General Plan Guidelines | |
January 2004: California Fish and Game Commission Denies Petition for Listing of the Western Burrowing Owl | |
January 2004: Arnold Takes on the Environment: Governor Schwarzenegger Makes Four New Appointments to Important Environmental Positions | |
January 2004: Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Executive Order Temporarily Halting Implementation of Pending Regulations; Dozens of Regulations Exempted by Finance Director Executive Order S-2-03 (Nov. 17, 2003). | |
December 2003: California City Uses Desalination By-Products to Improve the Quality of Wetlands | |
December 2003: State Senate Committee Concludes that Water Supply Planning Laws Need Improvement | |
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 | |
December 2003: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Draft Water Quality Order on Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for Dredged or Fill Discharges | |
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). | |
December 2003: The Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement—Wrapping Up the Deal | |
December 2003: California Department of Water Resources Releases 2003 Update to Ground-water Bulletin 118 | |
November 2003: AB 1208 Changes Conflict of Interest Law, Permits Board Members to Contract with the Districts They Serve | |
November 2003: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Partially Approves and Disapproves California’s 2002 Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List | |
November 2003: California Legislature Passes SB 1049, Making the State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, a User-Pays System | |
November 2003: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Water Quality Order on General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Construction Projects | |
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)). | |
October 2003: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished—Questioning the Constitutionality of Sacred Site Preservation Laws | |
October 2003: Desalination by Public Entities in California Given Equal Protection by the Legislature, but Strict Scrutiny by the Coastal Commission | |
September 2003: California Court of Appeal Finds Qualified Pollution Exclusion Exempts Coverage for Discharge of Contamination Occurring before the Policy Period, Even If Damage Is Ongoing Westoil Terminals Co., Inc. v. Industrial Indemnity Company 110 Cal.App.4th 139 (2003). | |
September 2003: EPA Wrongly Denied California’s Waiver Request to Federal Oxygenated Gas Standards by Not Evaluating Waiver’s Beneficial Effects on Particulate Matter. Gray Davis v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ___F.3d___, Case No. 01- 71356 (9th Cir. July 17, 2003). | |
September 2003: District Court Approves Relaxed Burden of Proof for CERCLA Plaintiffs Castaic Lake Water Agency v. Whittaker Corp. ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. CV 00-12613 AHM (RZx), (C.D. Cal. July 15, 2003). | |
August 2003: California Court of Appeal Affirms Air District Is Immune from Liability for Miscalculating Amount of Farm’s Emission Reduction Credits Jopson v. Feather River Air Quality Management District ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. CO41927 (Cal. App. May 2, 2003). | |
August/September 2003: Ninth Circuit Issues Memorandum of Decision— District Court Judge Responds Regarding Department of Interior Discretion to Determine Purposes for CVPIA Water Releases Bay Institute of San Francisco v. United States Case No. 02-16041, unpublished memorandum of decision (9th Cir. June 3, 2003). | |
July 2003: Sacramento Legislator Scuttles Proposed Legislation to Impose Statewide Water Metering | |
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 | |
July 2003: New Air Quality Plans Could Complicate Efforts to Control Water Discharge at Construction Sites | |
July 2003: Ninth Circuit Holds California's Ban on MTBE Not Preempted under the Clean Air Act Oxygenated Fuels Association Inc. v. Davis ___F.3d ___, Case No. 01-17078 (9th Cir. June 4, 2003). | |
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: H.R. 6 and S. 791: Federal Legislation Pending Regarding Insulation for Liability for MTBE Producers | |
June 2003: Tenth Circuit Applies Doctrine of Continuing Nuisance to Groundwater Pollution Claim under Federal Tort Claims Act Hoery v. United States ___F.3d ___, Case No. 011100 (10th. Cir., April 11, 2003). | |
June 2003: State Water Resources Control Board Holds Public Hearing and Workshop on Proposed Revised Workplan to Develop Sediment Quality Objectives for Enclosed Bays and Estuaries | |
June 2003: Controversial Bills Affecting Land Development and Water Metering Pass out of Committees | |
June 2003: State Water Contractors Plan to Form Joint Powers Authority | |
May 2003: A Culture of Unconstitutionality at the Coastal Commission | |
April 2003: Meeting California's Water Supply Needs: Whatever Happened to Storage? | |
April 2003: Assembly Bill 2292: Losing Local Control over Growth | |
April 2003: Colorado Legislature Addresses Water Issues in Current Session | |
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? | |
April 2003: Los Angeles Regional Board Issues Update on Perchlorate in Region's Groundwater | |
April 2003: Negotiators Agree to Terms of Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement, but Final Agreement Is Not Yet Certain | |
March 2003: Coalition Formed to Promote Water Storage in California | |
March 2003: Legislature Considers Coastal Commission "Fix" | |
March 2003: NMFS Issues Public Notice of Administrative Status Reviews for Central Valley Steelhead | |
March 2003: Legislative Update | |
March 2003: California Legacy Project Launches the On-Line California Digital Conservation Atlas | |
March 2003: Environmental Groups Challenge Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board's Decision to Issue a Waiver for Agricultural Return Flows Deltakeeper, et al. v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board - Central Valley Region Case No. 03CS00032 (Sacramento Superior Court). | |
February 2003: Neither "Passive Migration" nor "Continued Presence" of Toxic Contaminants Constitutes a "Discharge" or "Release" under Proposition 65 Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. B153817 (2nd Dist. Dec. 17, 2002). | |
February 2003: Oral Argument on California Environmental Quality Act Challenge to CalFed EIR Concludes Sacramento Superior Court Consolidated Case No. 4152 | |
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). | |
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) | |
February 2003: In Wake of German Corporation's Purchase of U.S. Water Company, Small California Communities Seek to Control Local Supplies | |
January 2003: Ninth Circuit Orders U.S. Forest Service to Obtain NPDES Permit and Perform Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement League of Wilderness Defenders/Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Forsgren 309 F.3d 1181 (9th Cir. Nov. 4, 2002). | |
January 2003: 2002 Annual Summary Of Select Land Use Legislation | |
January 2003: State Decisions: California Court of Appeal Precludes Use of "Minimum Level" Standards Application to NPDES Permit Compliance under the Clean Water Act WaterKeepers Northern California, et al. v. California State Water Resources Contro Board ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. AO94917 (1st Dist. Oct. 24, 2002). | |
January 2003: Professional Ethics in the Water Village | |
January 2003: Congress Fails to Pass CalFed Legislation in Lame-Duck Session | |
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). | |
January 2003: Rice Farmers Offer to Fallow Land for Water Transfer to Southern California | |
January 2003: Cottonwood Christian Center v. Cypress Redevelopment Agency and the City of Cypress: Viewing Condemnation through the Eyes of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act by Marc Alexander | |
January 2003: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Adopts Conditional Two-Year Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Agricultural Return Flows | |
January 2003: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Prepares to Ratchet Back California's Use of Colorado River Water | |
January 2003: California Department of Water Resources Helps Agencies Augment Water Supplies again in 2003 | |
December 2002: Voters Approve $3.44 Billion Dollar Water Bond on the November 2002 Ballot | |
December 2002: California and China Face Similar Issues in Addressing Water Shortage Crisis | |
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). | |
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 | |
December 2002: State Water Resources Control Board Approves Water Project Priority List and Contract to Implement Water Projects under Proposition 13 | |
December 2002: Environmental Disclosures in Commercial and Residential Development: A Primer | |
November 2002: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Conflicts Between Water Reuse and the Law of Water Rights | |
November 2002: California Legislature and Ballot Initiatives Focus on Water Issues | |
November 2002: Ninth Circuit Finds the Threat of Environmental Harm May Confer Standing if the Harm Is "Sufficiently Concrete" Central Delta Water Agency v. United States ___F.3d___, Case No. 01-16172 (9th Cir. Sept. 26, 2002). | |
November 2002: Select Land Use Legislation | |
November 2002: District Court: Chemical Company Secures Trial on Coverage for DBCP Liability Dow Chemical Company v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 96-75832 (E.D. Mich. Aug. 28, 2002) | |
November 2002: Governor Approves S.B. 1938, Requiring Incorporation of Basin Management Objectives into Groundwater Management Plans | |
November 2002: Governor Approves AB 3000, Increasing Fees for Waste Dischargers and Adding Water Quality Criterion to Fee Calculation. | |
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 | |
October 2002: California Voters to Decide Future Investment in Infrastructure through Assembly Constitutional Amendment 11 | |
October 2002: Department of Health Services Prepares Draft Regulations Governing Recharge of Groundwater with Recycled Water | |
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). | |
October 2002: California Legislature Sends Two Water Bills to Governor’s Desk. | |
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). | |
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) | |
September 2002: CALIFORNIA: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
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). | |
August 2002: Developers to the Rescue: Indemnifying Public Entities for Litigation Arising Out of the Decision to Issue Development Permits | |
August 2002: As California Awaits Adoption of a 2002-03 Budget, Subvention Funding for the Williamson Act Program Remains Up in the Air | |
August 2002: State Legislators to Rein In Water Replenishment District. | |
August 2002: Third District Upholds Secondary Drinking Water Standard For MTBE. Western States Petroleum Association, et al. v. Department of Health Services, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. CO37502 (3rd Dist. July 27, 2002). | |
July 2002: The Challenge of Corporate Standing under the California Environmental Quality Act | |
July 2002: Groundwater Management in California: The Sax Report and Beyond | |
July 2002: New Global Warming Computer Model Predicts Reduced Water Supplies for California | |
July 2002: Funding Slow for CALFED; Water Bond Makes the November Ballot | |
July 2002: Governor Davis Nominates Water Commission and SWRCB Members | |
July 2002: Select Land Use Legislation | |
June 2002: California Court of Appeal Finds Statute of Limitations for Employees' Personal Injury Claims Not Preempted by CERCLA Rivas v. Safety-Kleen Corp., ___Cal.App.4th___ Case No. B133572 (2nd Dist. May 7, 2002). | |
June 2002: Is the Door Slammed Shut?: A Recent California Decision Shows How Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel Principles May Apply to the Discovery of New Contamination | |
June 2002: State Legislature Considers SB 2078, which Would Promote Interests of White-water Rafters | |
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).) | |
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). | |
June 2002: The Public Cannot Gain a Prescriptive Easement over Private Property Based on Prior Recreational Use Luis Michael Bustillos v. Michael Kevin Murphy 96 Cal.App.4th 1277 (4th Dist. Mar. 20, 2002). | |
June 2002: State Water Resources Control Board Commences Statewide Review of Waivers for Agricultural Discharges | |
June 2002: New Legislation Encourages Water Agency Involvement in Groundwater Investigations to Protect Drinking Water Supplies | |
June 2002: California Department of Water Resources' State Recycled Water Task Force Holds Inaugural Meeting | |
June 2002: Property Owners May Present Evidence, at Eminent Domain Proceeding, of Increases in the Fair Market Value of Property Where to Not Do So Might Limit Just Compensation Saratoga Fire Protection District v. W.C. Hackett et al. ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. H022553 (6th Dist. April. 16, 2002). | |
June 2002: Select Land Use Legislation | |
June 2002: MTBE Update: Are We Getting Somewhere? | |
June 2002: Ninth Circuit Finds that EPA Had No Duty to Establish Total Maximum Daily Loads for the State of California San Francisco Baykeeper v. Whitman, ___F.3d___ Case No. 01-16111 (April 15, 2002, amended May 3, 2002). | |
May 2002: California Department of Fish and Game Reviews Comments on Proposed Amendments to Incidental Take Regulations | |
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: Select Land Use Legislation | |
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 | |
May 2002: State Water Resources Control Board Approves Proposition 13 Grants and Loans | |
May 2002: Water Supply Security Act, Other Water Programs, Covered in SB 2070 | |
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: Long-Awaited Report on the State Water Resources Control Board's Permitting Authority Relative to Groundwater Issued | |
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 Appellate Court Finds that Federal Pesticide Statute Does Not Preempt State Common Law Claims for Breach of Warranty and Negligence Sun Valley Packing v. Consep, Inc. ___Cal.App.4th___,114 Cal.Rptr.2d 237 (5th Dist.Dec.10,2001) | |
March 2002: CALIFORNIA: Clean Water Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
March 2002: Delta Wetlands Project Sues San Joaquin County Delta Wetlands Props. v. County of San Joaquin filed Jan. 17, 2002 (San Joaquin Superior Court) | |
March 2002: State Bond Measure Totaling $ 2.6 Billion to Appear on March Ballot | |
March 2002: Sacramento Valley Water Management Agreement and Program Moves | |
March 2002: In Examining CEQA Challenge, Not All Parties to Water Transfer Agreement Are Indispensable under Joinder Statute Deltakeeper et al. v. Oakdale Irrigation District, et al 94 Cal.App.4th 1092 (3rd Dist. 2001) | |
March 2002: In Examining CEQA Challenge, Not All Parties to Water Transfer Agreement Are Indispensable under Joinder Statute Deltakeeper et al. v. Oakdale Irrigation District, et al 94 Cal.App.4th 1092 (3rd Dist. 2001) | |
January 2002: State Water Resources Control Board Holds Public Workshop to Discuss Narrative Salmon Protection Objective in the 1995 Bay-Delta Plan. | |
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 | |
January 2002: Update on Water Transfers Workgroup Progress | |
January 2002: Group Sends 60-day Notice Challenging Southern Oregon-Northern California Coho Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit Listing | |
Janurary 2002: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Critical Habitat for the Purple Amole | |
Janurary 2002: 2001 Year-End Legislative Summary | |
January 2002: State Water Resources Control Board Upholds Strict Regulations on Storm-Water Runoff | |
December 2001: Restrictions on Use of Open Areas Not Equivalent to Interest in Land Required for Davis-Stirling Act to Apply The Committee to Save the Beverly Highlands Homes Association et al. v. The Beverly Highlands Homes Association et al. ___Cal.App.4th___, (2nd Dist. Oct. 19, 2001). | |
December 2001: CALIFORNIA: Water Officials Uncertain about Prospects of Winter Rainfall | |
December 2001: SB 221 Forges a Link between Water Supply and Land Use Planning, but "Verifying" Available Water Supply for Development May Prove Challenging | |
December 2001: Sacramento River Water Rights Settlement Contractors Sue United States over Contract Renewal Issues Glenn-Colusa Irr. Dist. v. United States Case No. CIV-S-01-1816 GEB JFM. (E.D. Cal. filed Sept. 25, 2001). | |
December 2001: The Governor Approves Senate Bill 497 Expanding Application of the Subdivision Map Act to Lot-Line Adjustments | |
December 2001: Planning Agencies' Newest Hobglobin: The Napa Citizens Case Shifts General Plan Vertical Consistency Analysis From "Clear Conflict" To Adequate "Implementation" | |
November 2001: Legislative Analyst's Office to Study Operation and Governance of Special District Water Agencies | |
November 2001: California State Water Resources Control Board Concludes Workshops on Test for Classification of Groundwater | |
November 2001: CALIFORNIA: Governor Davis Signs SB 633 in an Effort of Limit Mercury Contamination of California's Waters | |
October 2001: CALIFORNIA: Coordinated Trial Court Proceeding Moves Ahead to Address Challenges to CALFED | |
October 2001: California Senate Bill 221 Would Require a Reliable Source of Water for New Real Estate Development Projects | |
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.) | |
October 2001: Bureau of Reclamation Holds Public Session to Update Central Valley Project Community on Contract Renewal | |
October 2001: Department of Water Resources' Dry-year Water Purchase Program Provides over 138,000 Acre-feet of Water | |
October 2001: Can the Public Trust Doctrine Compel the Release of Stored Water outside of a Physical Solution? | |
October 2001: FEDERAL: Environmental Groups Petition National Marine Fisheries Service to List Green Sturgeon as Endangered | |
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October 2001: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Numerous Orders Approving Temporary Water Transfers | |
October 2001: Does California's Energy Crisis Create Additional Burdens For Developers and Public Agencies under the California Environmental Quality Act? | |
July 2001: State Water Resources Control Board Adopts Modifications to General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activity | |
July 2001: State Water Resources Control Board Adopts Modifications to General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activity | |
July 2001: Water Agencies Apply to California Public Utilities Commission for Exemption from Rolling Power Blackouts | |
July 2001: Representative Ken Calvert Introduces the "Western Water Enhancement Security Act" | |
July 2001: Representative Ken Calvert Introduces the "Western Water Enhancement Security Act" | |
July 2001: Governor Davis Appoints Michael Spear to Head Resources Agency's Land Conservation and Stewardship Program | |
July 2001: State Legislative Proposal Seeks Regional Equity for Metropolitan Water District's Reserve Dollars | |
June 2001: Federal Claims Court Finds that the Fish & Wildlife Services' Restrictions on Water Outflows to Protect the Delta Smelt and Chinook Salmon under the ESA Constitutes a Fifth Amendment "Taking" Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District v. United States, ___F.3d___, Case No. 98-101 (Fed. Cl. April 30, 2001). | |
July 2001: Federal and State Governments to Study Effects of Chromium 6 in Drinking Water | |
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: California Court Throws Out Several "Proposition 65" Lawsuits Using Federal Precedent on the Adequacy of 60-Day Notices Consumer Cause, Inc. v. Arco Oil & Gas Company, et al. ___Cal.App.4th___, Case Nos.B132719,B1322723,B134924 (2nd Dist. April 25, 2001) | |
June 2001: Two Bills Put Water Agencies at the Center of Planning Decisions and Challenges to Development | |
June 2001: Governor Appoints Members to State Reclamation Board | |
June 2001: President Bush's Budget Request Would Purportedly Fully Fund Land & Water Conservation Fund for the First Time | |
June 2001: State Water Resources Control Board Names Celeste Cantu as Executive Director | |
June 2001: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Model Cleanup and Abatement Order in Response to "Talent Decision" | |
June 2001: President Bush's Budget Request Would Purportedly Fully Fund Land & Water Conservation Fund for the First Time | |
June 2001: Endangered Species Marine Forests Society, et al. v. California Coastal Commission, et al. Case No. 00AS00567, Sacramento County Superior Court (April 24, 2001). | |
June 2001: Metropolitan Water District Provides $45 Million in Proposition 13 Funds for Conjunctive Use Water Storage Projects in Southern California | |
June 2001: Challenging State and Federal Initiatives To Limit Air Emissions from Mobile Source: the Automobile Industry's Fight to Curtail Implementation of LEV and ZEV Requirements | |
June 2001: Federal Claims Court Finds that the Fish & Wildlife Services' Restrictions on Water Outflows to Protect the Delta Smelt and Chinook Salmon under the ESA Constitutes a Fifth Amendment "Taking" Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District v. United States, ___F.3d___, Case No. 98-101 (Fed. Cl. April 30, 2001). | |
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 | |
June 2001: Living with the Cost of Development: A Roadmap to Development Fees and Alternatives | |
May 2001: All Parties to a Clean Water Act Citizen Suit May Be Named in an Insurer's Declaratory Relief Action Legion Ins. Co. v. Wisconsin-California Forest Products ___F.Supp.2d___, 2001 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 1599 (E. D. Cal. Feb. 6, 2001). | |
May 2001: Collection of Government Regulators Announce Widespread Air Emissions Reductions Settlement Agreements with Three Oil Refiners Covering Nine Polluting Refineries | |
May 2001: Metropolitan Water District's First Market Search Yields Conceptual Approval of Two Transfer and Storage Agreements | |
May 2001: All Parties to a Clean Water Act Citizen Suit May Be Named in an Insurer's Declaratory Relief Action Legion Ins. Co. v. Wisconsin-California Forest Products ___F.Supp.2d___, 2001 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 1599 (E. D. Cal. Feb. 6, 2001) | |
May 2001: Coastal Development Permit Appeals: Surprise, You’ve Got ESHA! | |
May 2001: California: Water Supplies for 2001 — Current Forecasts For Central Valley Project and State Water Project Deliveries and Potential Impacts on Power Supplies | |
April 2001: Insurers Issuing Comprehensive Liability Policy Covering "Tangible" Property Loss Owe No Duty to Defend in Implied Easement Dispute Kazi V. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. Et Al., 24 Cal.4th 871 (Jan. 18, 2001). | |
April 2001: Insurance Company Has No Duty to Defend Policyholder where Alleged Misconduct Occurred outside the Coverage Period Buena Vista Mines, Inc. V. Industrial Indem. Co. ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. B 138 302 (2nd. Dist. Feb. 28, 2001) | |
April 2001: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates Over Four-Million Acres as California Red-Legged Frog Critical Habitat | |
April 2001: Friant Unit Water Districts Renew Central Valley Project Contracts | |
April 2001: New Developments in Impacts of the Endangered Species Act on California's Water Supplies | |
April 2001: Governor Davis Appoints Richard Katz as Member of State Water Resources Control Board; Designates Arthur Baggett as Chair | |
April 2001: California: Water Supplies for 2001 — Current Forecasts for Central Valley Project and State Water Project Deliveries and Potential Impacts on Power Supplies | |
April 2001: Hydropower in the West: The Impact of Environmental Regulations | |
March 2001: Water Management in California 2001: A Different Kind of Odyssey | |
March 2001: Governor's Drought Panel Recommends Critical Water Shortage Contingency Plan | |
March 2001: SWRCB Issues Draft Stay Order for Phase 8 of the Bay-Delta Water Rights Hearings in Order to Facilitate Potential Settlement Agreement | |
March 2001: United States Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Draft Environmental Assessment for Agricultural Program on Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | |
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 | |
February 2001: A Wrap-Up of Water Legislation 2000 | |
February 2001: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Order Approving Transfer of Water to CALFED's Environmental Water Account | |
February 2001: Federal/California: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issue Record of Decision on CVPIA Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement | |
February 2001: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issue Record of Decision on CVPIA Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement | |
February 2001: California: New Lawsuit in State Court Filed against Cal-Fed | |
January 2001: California Department of Toxic Substances Control Issues Draft Regulations for Covenants Restricting Uses of Contaminated Property | |
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) | |
January 2001: California: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Revised Statewide Enforcement Proposal to Standardize an Increasing Number of Enforcement Actions | |
January 2001: Critical Habitat under the Endangered Species Act: Key to Recovery or Unworkable Quagmire with Only Marginal Species Benefit? | |
January 2001: California Department of Toxic Substances Control Issues Draft Regulations for Covenants Restricting Uses of Contaminated Property | |
January 2001: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Puts Dozens of Central Valley Project Contracts out for Comment | |
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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American Canyon |
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Anderson |
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Angel Island State Park |
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June 2010: First District Affirms Alternatives Analysis in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s EIR for a Long Range Development Plan Lesley Emmington Jones, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, 183 Cal.App.4th 818 (1st Dist. 2010) | |
February 2010: First District Upholds Higher Density Bonus Units than Required by State Law and Finds Grant of Discretionary Units Not Subject to CEQA Wollmer v. City of Berkeley 179 Cal.App.4th 933, (1st Dist. 2009) | |
August 2007: First District Court Holds Two or More Properties with the Same ‘Owner in Substance’ May Be Merged if the Map Act’s Requirements Are Met Kalway v. City of Berkeley 151 Cal.App.4th 827 (1st Dist. 2007) | |
May 2007: Groups File CEQA Challenges to U.C. Campus Expansion Plans—Win Preliminary Injunction Panoramic Hill Association v. Regents of the University of California; City of Berkeley v. University of California, Berkeley; California Oak Foundation et al., v. Regents of the University of California RG06-301644, RG06-302934, RG06-302967 (Alameda County Superior Court) | |
March 2006: Ninth Circuit Holds Local Ordinance Regulating Telecommunications Companies’ Use of Public Rights-of-Way Is Preempted by Federal Telecommunications Law Qwest Communications, Inc. v. City of Berkeley 433 F.3d 1253 (9th Cir. 2006) | |
October 2005: First and Fourth Districts Reach Different Results on Private Attorney General Fee Awards where Petitioners Achieve Limited CEQA Claims Success Bowman v. City of Berkeley 131 Cal.App.4th 173 (1st Dist. 2005) | |
February 2005: California Court of Appeal Finds Sale Agreement Language Only Obligated Seller to Clean Up Pre- Sale Contamination. Sierra Club v. Wayne Weber LLC, Case No. 107/03-0654 (Iowa Dec. 3, 2004). | |
November 2004: First District Court Clarifies When Statements of Technical Issues Constitute Substantial Evidence and When Aesthetic Impacts Will Be Considered Significant under CEQA Bowman v. Berkeley 122 Cal.App.4th 772 (1st Dist. 2004) | |
February 2003: Berkeley's Anti-Discrimination Ordinance, Aimed at City Money Subsidizing Private Groups Using City Property, Survives Constitutional Scrutiny Eugene Evans et al. v. City of Berkeley, et al 104 Cal.App.4th 1 (1st Dist. Nov. 25, 2002). |
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January 2010: Ninth Circuit Clarifies Application of Sovereign Immunity under the Quiet Title Act Robinson v. U.S., ___F.3d___ 07-17052 (9th Cir. Nov. 2, 2009) | |
June 2009: Third District Holds County’s Flood Control Activities Met Reasonableness Standard—Did Not Give Rise to Inverse Condemnation Liability Hauselt v. County of Butte, ___Cal.App.4th___ C054927 (3rd Dist. Mar. 23, 2009) | |
May 2009: Third District Holds County’s Flood Control Activities Met Reasonableness Standard—Did Not Give Rise to Inverse Condemnation Liability Hauselt v. County of Butte, ___Cal.App.4th___ C054927 (3rd Dist. Mar. 23, 2009) | |
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) | |
June 2008: Environmental Group Challenges Crop Idling Water Transfer Program as Potentially Harmful to Fish Habitat and Water Quality in the Delta Butte Environmental Council v. Richvale Irrigation District 143130, filed April 23, 2008, (Butte County Superior Court) | |
February 2006: Butte, Colusa, Glenn and Tehama Counties to Reach Agreement on Regional Water Planning Efforts | |
March 2005: California Department of Water Resources Files for Relicensing of Oroville Facilities |
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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) | |
February 2005: Second District Court Clarifies the Meaning of a “Big Box Retailer” under AB 178. City of Carson v. City of La Mirada, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. B168849 (2nd Dist. Dec. 30, 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). | |
March 2004: Ninth Circuit Rules Mobile Home Park’s Regulatory Takings Claim Is Unripe Due to Failure to Exhaust State Court Remedies Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. v. City of Carson 353 F.3d 824 (9th Cir. 2004). | |
November 2003: Private Cercla Plaintiffs Must Demonstrate National Contingency Plan Consistency, Even For Smaller Site Cleanups | |
April 2001: California Appellate Court Requires Insured To Prove Amount of Damage Caused by Covered Event in order To Be Reimbursed for Clean-Up Costs under Insurance Policy Golden Eagle Refinery Company, Inc. V. Associated International Insurance Company ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. B132448 (2nd. Dist. Jan. 3, 2001). |
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Clear Lake |
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April 2010: Group Files Petition with State Water Resources Control Board Seeking to Halt Eel River Diversions | |
August 2004: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Affirms Order Benefiting Eel River Salmon | |
January 2004: District Court Rules that Timber Companies Engaging in Forest Logging Are No Exempt from Clean Water Act’s Permitting Process for Point Sources Environmental Protection Information Center v. Pacific Lumber Company et al. ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. C 01-2821 MHP (N.D. Cal. Oct, 14, 2003). | |
January 2001: Court Holds Environmental Organizations’ Allegations of Members’ Actual Use of Waterway and Impairment of Aesthetic or Recreational Interest Sufficient to Confer Standing Under CWA Citizen Suit Provisions Ecological Rights Foundation v. Pacific Lumber Co, 230 F.3d 1141 (9th Cir. Oct.30, 2000). | |
January 2001: Environmental Organization Members’ Use of Waterway Sufficient to Confer Standing on Behalf of Members under Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Provisions Ecological Rights Foundation v. Pacific Lumber Co., 230 F.3d 1141 (9th Cir. Oct.30, 2000) | |
January 2001: Environmental Organization Members Use of Waterway Sufficient to Confer Standing on Behalf of Members under Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Provisions Ecological Rights Foundation v. Pacific Lumber Co., 230 F.3d 1141 (9th Cir. Oct.30, 2000) | |
January 2001: Court Holds Environmental Organizations’ Allegations of Members’ Actual Use of Waterway and Impairment of Aesthetic or Recreational Interest Sufficient to Confer Standing Under CWA Citizen Suit Provisions Ecological Rights Foundation v. Pacific Lumber Co, 230 F.3d 1141 (9th Cir. Oct.30, 2000). |
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July 2010: District Court Finds City’s Contribution Claims against U.S. Barred by CERCLA § 113(H) and Sovereign Immunity City of Fresno v. U.S., ___F.Supp.2d___ CV-F-06-1559-OWW-TAG (E.D. Cal. 2010) | |
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July 2007: Fifth District Issues Modification to Woodward Park Case; Judgment Left Unaltered Woodward Park Homeowners Association, Inc. et al., v. City of Fresno et al. 149 Cal.App.4th 892 (5th Dist. 2007) | |
June 2007: Fifth District Rules against City under CEQA for Inadequate EIR and Statement of Overriding Considerations Woodward Park Homeowners Association, Inc., et al. v. City of Fresno, et al. 149 Cal.App.4th 892 (5th Dist. 2007) | |
June 2007: Fifth District Finds Late Filed Request for CEQA Hearing Does Not Cure Failure to Meet Deadline—Even if Filed Prior to Motion to Dismiss Fiorentino v. City of Fresno ___Cal.App.4th___ (5th Dist. May 4, 2007) | |
April 2006: aaa aaa aaa | |
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) | |
May 2005: Fifth District Court Prohibits Fresno from Imposing In Lieu Fee to Recover General Costs Incurred by Utility Departments Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. City of Fresno, ___Cal.App.4th___ F044561 (5th Dist. Mar. 23, 2005) | |
October 2003: Assembly Bill 514: Water Meters for Certain Central Valley Project Water Users | |
March 2003: Central Valley Cities React to Federal Water Contract Metering Requirements. | |
January 2001: Agencies Release Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report for the Trinity River Fishery Restoration Plan |
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May 2010: Applying the Burlington Northern ‘Arranger Test,’ the District Court Dismisses a CERCLA Claim against Dry Cleaning Machine Manufacturers Hinds Investments, L.P. v. Team Enterprises, Inc., ___F.Supp.2d___ CV F 07-0703 (E.D. Cal. March 12, 2010) | |
July 2008: News from the West | |
June 2008: Fifth District Court Holds that Post-1913 Water Right Can Be Perfected between Private Parties—Issue Still Unresolved by California High Court Brewer v. Murphy, ___Cal.App.4th___ F051700 (5th Dist. April 3, 2008) | |
March 2006: Court of Appeal Finds that a Water District Can Collect Unpaid Water Assessments from a Property Owner Souza v. Westlands Water District, ___Cal.App.4th___ F045293 (5th Dist. Jan. 17, 2006) | |
August 2005: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Federal Government’s Sovereign Immunity in Farmers’ Suit for Breach of Water Contract Orff v. United States, 545 U.S.___ 03-1566 (U.S. June 23, 2005) | |
February 2005: Fresno County Board of Supervisors Passes Measures for Stricter Well Yield Standards |
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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). | |
July 2002: TMDL Regulations Apply to All National Waters: Even if Only Affected by Nonpoint Source Pollution Pronsolino, et al. v. Nastri, et al ___F.3d___, Case No. 00-16026, No. 0016027 (9th Cir. May 31, 2002). |
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Glenn County |
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Goleta |
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Grand Terrace |
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Grass Valley |
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Gualala River |
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Half Moon Bay |
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Hamilton Airfield |
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Hanford |
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Humboldt County |
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November 2008: First District Court Holds Williamson Act Contract Is Subject to Subsequently Adopted County Guidelines County of Humboldt v. McKee, ____Cal.App.4th____ A117325 (1st Dist. Aug. 15, 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) | |
June 2008: First District Court Holds Resubmittal of Expired Tentative Map Does Not Constitute a New Project under CEQA—Supplemental Review Required for New Water Supply Moss v. County of Humboldt, ___Cal.App.4th___ A114205 (1st Dist. May 7, 2008) | |
April 2007: Pacific Gas & Electric Initiates Wave Power Research through WaveConnect Project | |
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) | |
August 2005: State Water Resources Control Board Orders Enrollment of Timber Harvest Plans under General Water Discharge Requirements Order Vacated In the Matter of the Petition of Humboldt Watershed Council, et al. SWRCB Order WQ 2005-0009, June 16, 2005 | |
May 2005: SWRCB Holds Public Workshop to Consider Petition Related to AB2121 Mandates Regarding Water Diversions on Central Coast Streams | |
January 2004: District Court Rules that Timber Companies Engaging in Forest Logging Are No Exempt from Clean Water Act’s Permitting Process for Point Sources Environmental Protection Information Center v. Pacific Lumber Company et al. ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. C 01-2821 MHP (N.D. Cal. Oct, 14, 2003). | |
June 2003: Expiration of Approved Tentative Map Is Not Automatically Stayed During Pending Litigation Friends of Westhaven and Trinidad v. County of Humboldt 107 Cal.App.4th 878 (1st Dist. 2003). |
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Hunington Beach |
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Huntington Beach |
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Imperial County |
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Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area |
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July 2009: The All-American Canal Lining Project Draws to a Close | |
October 2008: Building a Reservoir to Conserve Water Lost to Mexico | |
July 2007: Imperial Irrigation District Releases Efficiency Conservation Definite Plan Final Report | |
June 2007: Court of Appeals: Ninth Circuit Holds Federal Legislation Exempts All-American Canal-Lining Project from Environmental Review Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexical v. U.S., ___F.3d___ 06-16345 (9th Cir. April 6, 2007) | |
June 2006: Lining the All-American Canal Faces Additional Legal Challenges Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, A.C. v. United States of America CV-S-05-0870-KJD-PAL, filed July 19, 2005 (D. Nev.) | |
May 2006: District Court Dismisses Seven of Eight Claims Challenging the All-American Canal Lining Project Consejo De Desarrollo Economico De Mexicali, AC v. United States, ___F.Supp.2d___ CV-S-05-0870 (D. Nev. Feb. 9, 2006) | |
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 | |
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.) |
1 December 2003: Ninth Circuit Vacates EPA Order and Instructs Agency to Reclassify Imperial County under Clean Air Act Sierra Club v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 346 F.3d 955 (9th Cir. 2003). | |
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) | |
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.) | |
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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Inyo County |
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Irvine |
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Kern County |
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August 2010: Delta Agencies and Environmental Organizations Sue State again on Monterey Amendments to State Water Project Contracts and Kern Water Bank Transfer Central Delta Water Agency et al. v. California Department of Water Resources 2010-80000561 (Sac. Super. Ct.) | |
February 2010: Second District Court Upholds Environmental Impact Report, Paving the Way for a Water Transfer Planning and Conservation League v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, ___Cal.App.4th___ B200673 (2nd Dist. Dec. 17, 2009) | |
December 2009: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates Thousands of Acres of Kern County as Critical Habitat for the Buena Vista Lake | |
November 2009: Ninth Circuit Holds that Intrastate Plaintiffs Must Have ‘Prudential Standing’ to a Bring Claim under the Dormant Commerce Clause City of Los Angeles, et al v. County of Kern, et al., ___F.3d___ 07-56564, 08-56622 (9th Cir. Sept. 9, 2009) | |
June 2008: News from the West | |
October 2007: District Court Rules that Complete Ban on Land Application of Biosolids Is Preemped by California Integrated Waste Management Act and Violates Dormant Commerce Clause City of Los Angeles et al. v. Kern County et al., ___F.Supp.2d___ CV 06-5094 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 10, 2007) | |
January 2007: District Court Rules that Complete Ban on Land Application of Biosolids Likely Is Preempted by State Law, Violates Dormant Commerce Clause, and Exceeds County’s Police Powers City of Los Angeles et al. v. Kern County et al., ___F.Supp.2d___ CV-06-5094 (C.D. Cal., Oct. 24, 2006) and (C.D. Cal. Nov. 20, 2006) | |
August 2006: Kern County Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Sludge Ban Initiative | |
August 2006: New Studies Received after Close of Comment Period for Proposal to List Buena Vista Lake Shrew as Endangered Did Not Trigger Requirement to Reopen Public Comment Kern County Farm Bureau v. Allen, ___ F. 3d ___ 04-15540 (9th Cir. June 20, 2006.) | |
July 2005: Fifth District Court Finds Installation of Fiber Optic Cable Permitted in Public Right-of-Way Easement Anderson v. Time Warner Telecom of California, Inc., ___Cal.App.4th ___ (5th Dist. May 13, 2005) | |
June 2005: Fifth District Court Requires Kern County to Prepare an EIR Prior to Adoption of Municipal Ordinance Regulating Use of Sewage Sludge County Sanitation District No. 2 of Los Angeles County v. California Association of Sanitation Agencies 127 Cal.App.4th 1544 (5th Dist. 2005) | |
April 2004: California Supreme Court Decertifies Friends of the Kangaroo Rat v. Department of Corrections Friends of the Kangaroo Rat v. Department of Corrections ___Cal.4th___, 4 Cal.Rptr.3d 558 (Cal. 2004). | |
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) |
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August 2010: Kern River Water Districts Sue State Water Resources Control Board North Kern Water Storage District, et al. v. California State Water Resources Control Board S-1500-CV-270613, filed, June 2, 2010 (Sac. Super. Ct.) | |
April 2010: The Kern River Fully Appropriated Streams Proceeding: A Study in Law, Policy and Efficiency | |
October 2009: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Notice of Public Hearing on Petitions to Revise Status of Kern River | |
April 2008: Fifth District Finds Appropriative Water Right Should Be Apportioned, upon Partial Sale of Property, According to Percentage of Land Acquired Nicoll v. Rudnick 160 Cal.App.4th 550 (5th Dist.2008) | |
April 2007: In a Modified Decision after Rehearing, Fifth District Court Restricts Forfeiture of Water North Kern Water Dist. v. Kern Delta Water Dist. 147 Cal.App.4th 555 (5th Dist. 2007) | |
February 2007: Fifth District Court Holds Water User May Forfeit Multiple Pre-1914 Rights by Bypassing the Same Physical Quantity of Water North Kern Water Dist. v. Kern Delta Water Dist., ___Cal.App.4th___ F047706 (5th Dist. Jan. 2, 2007) |
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Kings County |
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December 2009: Crossroad in the Klamath—Contests, Settlements, Uncertainty | |
May 2008: Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement: An Attempt to Realize the Goals of the Fifty-Year-Old Klamath River Compact | |
March 2008: Peace on the River? Proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement Released | |
February 2007: Precedent-Setting Legislation Requires Klamath River Salmon Recovery Plan | |
February 2007: Next Steps in the Klamath Adjudication: Quantifying Tribal Reserved Water Rights in the Klamath Basin | |
November 2006: FERC Klamath Hydropower Relicensing: Administrative Law Judge Ruling May Result in Fish Ladders or Affect Future of Dams In the Matter of Klamath Hydroelectric Project (License Applicant PacifiCorp.) 2006-NMFS-0001 | |
June 2006: Proposed Federal Legislation Offers Emergency Assistance for Economic Losses Caused by Declining Klamath River Salmon | |
May 2006: Pacific Fishery Management Council Votes to Recommend a Severely Restricted Commercial Salmon Fishing Season | |
December 2005: Ninth Circuit Rejects Klamath Irrigation Plan as Insufficient to Protect Salmon Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, ___F.3d___ 03-16718 (9th Cir. Oct. 18, 2005) | |
October 2005: Court of Federal Claims Holds that Klamath Project Interests Are Not Compensable Property Rights under the Fifth Amendment Klamath Irrigation District v. United States 01-591 L (Fed.Cl. Aug. 31, 2005) | |
May 2005: District Court in California Dismisses Yurok Tribe’s Claim Regarding Federal Reserved Water Rights Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, et al. v. United States Bureau of Reclamation, et al., ___ F.Supp.2d___ C 02-02006 SBA (N.D. Cal. March 8, 2005) | |
March 2005: CALIFORNIA: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
December 2004: State and Federal Officials Agree to Coordinate Resource Management Efforts in Klamath Basin | |
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). | |
December 2003: National Research Council Report Calls for New Water Management Emphasis in Klamath Basin | |
May 2003: Water Supply and Demand Planning Is the Job of Water Suppliers, Not Planning Agencies County of Ventura vs. Castaic Lake Water Agency, et al.; Friends of the Santa Clara River and Sierra Club v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, et al. Kern County Superior Court Case No. 245365 | |
July 2002: Klamath's Next Chapter Written: Book Not Complete | |
July 2002: The Continuing Debate over Klamath Basin Water Rights: The Oregon Water Resources Commission Denies Request for Water Rights Moratorium | |
October 2001: FEDERAL/OREGON: Irrigation Districts Move to Intervene in Suit Brought by Environmental Groups Requesting that Bald Eagles Be Given Priority to Klamath Project Water Oregon Natural Resources Council v. Keys Case No. 01-6250-AA, motion filed Sept. 5, 2001 (D. Or.). | |
October 2001: Oregon Irrigation Districts Move to Intervene in Suit Brought by Environmental Groups Requesting that Bald Eagles Be Given Priority to Klamath Project Water Oregon Natural Resources Council v. Keys Case No. 01-6250-AA, motion filed Sept. 5, 2001 (D.Or.). | |
July 2001: Congressmen Ask Interior Department to Consider Convening the "God Squad" for Klamath Basin Irrigators | |
July 2001: Federal: Congressmen Ask Interior Department to Consider Convening the "God Squad" for Klamath Basin Irrigators | |
June 2001: Department of The Interior V. Klamath Water Users Association: An End to Secret Advocacy by Tribes During Water Allocation Proceedings? Department of The Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protective Association 532 U.S. 1 (2001) | |
June 2001: Department of The Interior V. Klamath Water Users Association: An End to Secret Advocacy by Tribes During Water Allocation Proceedings? Department of The Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protective Association 532 U.S. 1 (2001) | |
May 2001: Klamath Irrigation Project Woes Continue as United States Ceases Nearly All Deliveries to Irrigation Users under 2001 Operations Plan Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association, et al. v. U. S. Bureau of Reclamation ___F.Supp.2d___,Case No.C001955 (N. D. Cal. April 3, 2001). Oregon Steven Kandra, et al. v. Gale Norton, et al Case No.01-61-6124 TC (D. Or.) filed April 9, 2001 | |
May 2001: United States Supreme Court Unanimously Rules that Government must Release Correspondence Between Klamath Basin Tribes and the Interior Department Department of The Interior V. Klamath Water Users Protective Association 532 U.S.__Case No.99-1871 (March 5, 2001). | |
May 2001: Klamath Irrigation Project Woes Continue as United States Ceases Nearly All Deliveries to Irrigation Users under 2001 Operations Plan Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association, et al. v. U. S. Bureau of Reclamation ___F.Supp.2d___,Case No.C001955 (N. D. Cal. April 3, 2001). Oregon (Steven Kandra, et al. v. Gale Norton, et al, Case No.01-61-6124 TC (D. Or.) filed April 9, 2001. | |
May 2001: United States Supreme Court Unanimously Rules that Government Must Release Correspondence between Klamath Basin Tribes and the Interior Department Department of The Interior V. Klamath Water Users Protective Association __Case No.99-1871 (March 5, 2001) |
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La Habra |
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La Mirada |
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Lafayette |
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Lake Tahoe |
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April 2010: Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2009: Proposed Amendments to Implement a Program to Prevent Aquatic Invasive Species Within the Lake Tahoe Basin | |
February 2006: Lahontan RWQCB Proposes $700,000 Penalty against Two Lake Tahoe Landowners and Their Contractor for Sewage Spill | |
November 2005: Ninth Circuit Holds that NEPA Does Not Apply to Actions of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Glenbrook Homeowners Association v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, ___F.3d___ 03-17224, 03-15002, 04-17314, 03-17302, 03-15001 (9th Cir. Sept. 21, 2005) | |
June 2004: District Court Upholds Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Regulations Protecting Scenic Quality of Lake Tahoe. Committee for Reasonable Regulation of Lake Tahoe v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, _F.Supp.2d___ (D. Nev. March 29, 2004). | |
April 2003: Ninth Circuit Finds Res Judicata Bars Latest Lawsuit Related to 1987 Tahoe Regional Plan Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency ___ F.3d____, Case No. 00-16660 (9th Cir. Feb. 28, 2003). | |
October 2002: Settlements Reached with Remaining Defendants in California’s South Lake Tahoe MTBE Lawsuit South Tahoe Public Utility District v. Atlantic Richfield Co., Case No.999128 (San Fran.Super.Ct.Aug.5,2002). | |
June 2002: United States Supreme Court Upholds Temporary Development Moratorium in Lake Tahoe Area against Takings Challenge Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency ___U.S.___, Case No. 00-1167 (April 23, 2002). |
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Livingston |
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Lodi |
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December 2006: Jumping through Hoops on the Way to the Courthouse: Citizens for Open Government v. City of Lodi and the Duty to Exhaust Administrative Remedies under CEQA | |
April 2005: Third District Court Finds Specificity in Indenture Prevents Owners of Dominant Estate from Erecting Gates across Easement Van Klompenburg, et al. v. Berghold 126 Cal.App.4th 345 (3rd Dist. 2005) | |
December 2004: City of Lodi Reaches Settlement to Clean Up Polluted Groundwater City of Lodi v. M&P Investments, et al., CIV S-00-2441 FCD JFM (E.D. Cal.) | |
October 2004: Ninth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Ruling that Ten Page Notice-of-Intent to Sue under the Clean Water Act Is Invalid WaterKeepers v. AG Industrial Mfg., Inc 375 F.3d 913 (9th Cir. 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). | |
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). | |
October 2002: Ninth Circuit Reconsiders Constitutionality of "Innovative" Municipal Ordinance Designed to Remedy Hazardous Waste Contamination Fund Insurance v. City of Lodi, ___F.3d___,Case No.99-15614/15802 (9th Cir.Aug.6,2002). |
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October 2009: Second District Rules School District Complied with CEQA in Certifying an EIR for Construction of High School City of Long Beach v. Los Angeles Unified School District, ___Cal.App.4th___ B207221 (2nd Dist. Aug. 17, 2009) | |
February 2008: Second District Court Finds Quiet Title Action to Parking Spaces Required to Be Transferred Pursuant to CC&Rs Timely Filed by Party in Posession Crestmar Owners Association v. Stapakis, ___Cal.App.4th___ B191049 (2nd Dist. Dec. 13, 2007) | |
January 2008: Second District Court Remands Award of Attorneys’ Fees to Condemnees in Redevelopment Agency Eminent Domain Suit Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach v. Morales, ___Cal.App.4th___ BC 326364 (2nd Dist. Nov. 28, 2007) | |
April 2006: Second District Finds City Violated Mortgagee’s Due Process Rights by Demolishing Substandard Building without Proper Notice D & M Financial Corp. v. City of Long Beach, ___Cal.App.4th___ B173977 (2nd Dist. Jan. 30, 2006) | |
June 2005: Third District Court Decides State Lands Commission’s Finding that Project “Enhanced The Configuration of the Shoreline” Not Supported by Substantial Evidence California Earth Corps v. California State Lands Commission, ___Cal.App.4th___ C041603 (3rd Dist. April 21, 2005) | |
April 2005: Second District Court Finds City of Long Beach Not Liable for Inverse Condemnation Related to Sewer Breach Malkhoo v. City of Long Beach B173806, unpublished opinion, 2nd Dist. Feb. 2, 2005) | |
May 2001: Birdwatcher Group has Standing to Challenge the Adequacy of the Navys Environmental Impact Statement Under NEPA, but not Standing to Bring State Law Claims in Federal Court Cantrell et.al. v. City of Long Beach and California State Lands Commission, ___F.3d___, Case No. 98-56940; CV-98-04835 (9th Cir. Feb. 5, 2001). |
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June 2010: Report Concludes that Water Conservation Program Components Have Led to an Increase in Water Main Breaks in Los Angeles | |
December 2009: Ninth Circuit Finds Low Income Housing Ordinance Is Not Preempted by a U.S. Department of Housing Regulation Barrientos v. 1801-1825 Morton, LLC, ___F.3d___ 07-56697 (9th Cir. 2009) | |
November 2009: Ninth Circuit Holds that Intrastate Plaintiffs Must Have ‘Prudential Standing’ to a Bring Claim under the Dormant Commerce Clause City of Los Angeles, et al v. County of Kern, et al., ___F.3d___ 07-56564, 08-56622 (9th Cir. Sept. 9, 2009) | |
November 2009: Second District Holds a City May Terminate Its Environmental Review of a Proposed Development Project before Completion of an EIR Las Lomas Land Company, LLC v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.4th___ B213637 (2nd Dist. Sept. 17, 2009) | |
October 2009: Second District Holds Los Angeles’ Inclusionary Housing Requirements Violate Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act Palmer/Sixth Street Properties, L.P. et al. v. City of Los Angeles 175 Cal.App.4th 1396 (2nd Dist. 2009) | |
July 2009: Second District Upholds Ordinance Imposing Rent Control on New Apartments—Finds Elements of Ellis Act Survive Passage of Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act Apartment Association of Los Angeles County, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles 173 Cal.App.4th 13 (2nd Dist. 2009) | |
July 2009: Second District Upholds Denial of Conditional Use Permit Based on Negative Impact on General Community Welfare SP Star Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles 173 Cal.App.4th 459 (2nd Dist. 2009) | |
June 2009: Having Transferred Water Service Fee Income to Its General Fund, Los Angeles Faces Imminent Prospect of Issuing $30 Million Refund City of Los Angeles v. All Persons Interested, Los Angeles Cnty Super Ct, tentative statement of decision BC369238, (2009) | |
May 2009: Superior Court Finds City Abused Its Discretion in Denying a Mobilehome Park Conversion Application as Incomplete Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates, LLC v. City of Los Angeles BS 112956 (Los Angeles Cnty Super Ct 2009) | |
March 2009: Ninth Circuit Enforces City Sign Ordinance and Rejects Claim of First Amendment Violation Metro Lights LLC v. City of Los Angeles, ___F.3d___ 07-55207 (9th Cir. Jan. 6, 2009) | |
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) | |
August 2008: Los Angeles DWP Files Fraud and False Claims Action against Owens Valley Dust Mitigation Contractor City of Los Angeles v. CH2M Hill, Inc. CV08-04154, filed, June 24, 2008 (C.D. Cal.) | |
July 2008: Los Angeles Mayor Proposes Recycled Water to Replenish City Aqufers | |
June 2008: Second District Court Rules City of Los Angeles Erroneously Relied upon CEQA Categorical Exemption to Approve Permit for Residential Fence Committee to Save the Hollywoodland Specific Plan and Hollywood Heritage v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.4th___ B197018 (2nd Dist. Mar. 12, 2008) | |
December 2007: Second District Court Finds Burden on Commercial Enterprise Used to Fund Religious Organization Does Not Constitute Substantial Burden within the Meaning of RLUIPA Scottish Rite Cathedral Assn. of Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles 156 Cal.App.4th 108 (2nd Dist. 2007) | |
December 2007: Second District Court Rules Real Party In Interest May Be Liable for Attorneys’ Fees as an ‘Opposing Party’ under Private Attorney General Doctrine Mejia v. City of Los Angeles et al. 156 Cal.App.4th 151 (2nd Dist. 2007) | |
November 2007: Second District Court Finds Ellis Act Does Not Permit Developer to Evict Tenants without Complying with CEQA Mitigation Measures Lincoln Place Tenants Ass’n v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.4th ___ B193235 (2nd Dist Sept. 19, 2007) | |
October 2007: Ninth Circuit Finds Settlement Agreement between Los Angeles and Congregation Invalid and Unenforceable The League of Residential Neighborhood Advocates v. City of Los Angeles, ___F.3d.___ 06-56211 (9th Cir. Aug. 21, 2007) | |
October 2007: Second District Upholds City’s Use of Addendum under CEQA where Revised Project Will Not Result in New Significant Impacts or Increase Severity of Disclosed Impacts Mani Brothers Real Estate Group v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.4th___ B194309 (2nd Dist. Aug. 3, 2007) | |
April 2007: District Court Rejects Tribal Claim against City of Los Angeles Regarding 1941 Land Exchange and Water Rights Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony California v. City of Los Angeles 1:06cv736, unpublished op. (E.D. Cal. Feb 14, 2007) | |
January 2007: Owens River Restoration—Los Angeles Takes First Steps towards Restoring Portions of the Lower Owens River | |
November 2006: Appellate Court Affirms Superior Court Ruling Enjoining Los Angeles from Exporting Owens Valley Water Sierra Club v. City of Los Angeles, Unpub. Op., E039140, 4th Dist., Sept. 27, 2006 | |
October 2006: California Supreme Court Finds Impairment of Visibility of Billboard Not a Compensable Taking Absent Further Claim of Damage Regency Outdoor Advertising v. City of Los Angeles 39 Cal.4th 507 (2006) | |
August 2006: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to Buy Water Directly from Sellers in Central and Northern California | |
May 2006: Second District Court Upholds Amended Hollywood Redevelopment Plan—Substantial Evidence Supported the Finding of Blight Blue v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.4th___ B180319 (2nd Dist. March 1, 2006) | |
October 2005: Second District Finds Los Angeles Cannot Ignore Mitigation Measures Adopted as Part of Redevelopment Project Lincoln Place Tenants Association v. City of Los Angeles 130 Cal.App.4th 1491 (2nd Dist. 2005) | |
August 2005: Superior Court Finds Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in Violation of Stipulated Orders regarding Lower Owens River Sierra Club et al. v. City of Los Angeles SICVCV-01-29768 (Inyo Co. Superior Ct. June 24, 2005) | |
August 2005: Second District Court Rejects Use of Mitigated Negative Declaration where Potential Wildlife and Traffic Impacts May Exist Mejia v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.4th ___ B174453 (2nd Dist. May 27, 2005; pub. ordered June 16, 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) | |
July 2005: Second District Court Finds Bad Faith Trumps Claim of Vested Right to Operate Medical Laboratory Specializing in Autopsies Autopsy/Post Services, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (2nd Dist. May 17, 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) | |
April 2005: Second District Court Rejects Second Challenge to Los Angeles’ Approval of a General Plan Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.4th ___ B166819 (2nd Dist. Feb. 17, 2005) | |
April 2005: Second District Court Denies Compensation for Loss of Visibility Claim in Inverse Condemnation Action Regency Outdoor Advertising v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.4th___ B159255 (2nd Dist. Feb. 17, 2005) | |
February 2005: Second District Court Overturns Planning Commission Decision because of the Unacceptable Probability of Actual Bias. Nasha, L.L.C., v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. BC258585 (2nd Dist. Dec. 29, 2004). | |
February 2005: Second District Court Orders New City Council Hearing because L.A.Council Members Were Inattentive. Lacy Street Hospitality Service, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. B170716 (2nd Dist. Dec. 30, 2004). | |
January 2005: Second District Court Reverses Judgment to Dismiss Los Angeles County Lawsuit for Inverse Condemnation Uniwill v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.4th ___ B168030 (2nd Dist. Nov. 30, 2004) | |
October 2004: City of Los Angeles Settles a Six-Year Sewage Spill Suit Los Angeles Region v. City of Los Angeles; Santa Monica Baykeeper, et al. v. City of Los Angeles CV 98-09039 RSWL and CV 01-00191 RSWL | |
August 2004: Controversial Incidental Take Permit Is Issued Under Riverside County’s Huge Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan. | |
March 2004: Grant of Variance to Non-Conforming Use Held Improper Where There Was Insufficient Evidence to Support a Finding that Current Zoning Would Produce Undue Hardship Stolman v. City of Los Angeles 114 Cal.App.4th 916 (2nd Dist. 2003). | |
November 2003: Actions Begun to Protect Three Southern California Wetland Areas | |
November 2003: Second District Court finds Actual Construction of Units within Coastal Zone Is Necessary to Trigger Mello Act’s Affordable Housing Requirement Coalition of Concerned Communities v. City of Los Angeles (Catellus Residential Group) ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. B149092 (2nd Dist. Sept. 8, 2003). | |
October 2003: Court of Appeal Upholds Los Angeles Unified School District’s Adoption of Level Two School Impact Fees Coalition for Affordable Housing v. City of Los Angeles Board of Education Case No. B 159777, unpublished opinion (2nd Dist. July 1, 2003). | |
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). | |
April 2003: Los Angeles County Sanitation District and City of Santa Clarita Ban Future Installation of Residential Water Softeners | |
March 2003: Revitalization Efforts for Los Angeles River under Discussion | |
January 2003: CEQA Requires Additional Environmental Review Where a Project Is Not Contemplated at Time of Program EIR's Preparation Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles 103 Cal.App.4th 268 (2nd Dist. Oct. 30, 2002). | |
October 2002: A River Tale - The Cornfield to Taylor Yard: From Industrial Development Plans to State Parks’ Acquisition | |
August 2002: Los Angeles RWQCB Proposes Draft Santa Monica Bay Beaches "Wet" Weather Bacteria TMDL | |
June 2002: California Supreme Court: California Supreme Court Holds State Law Does Not Compel Counties to Allow County Property to Be Used for Gun Shows at Which Guns Are Sold Great Western Gun Shows, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles 27 Cal.4th 853 (2002). | |
January 2002: Los Angeles Teams Up with Local Air Pollution Control District to Improve Owens Valley Air Quality | |
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). | |
March 2001: Los Angeles Inspection Fee Imposed upon Landlords Relates to the Activity of Renting Residential Property — so It Does Not Run Afoul of Proposition 218 Apartment Association of Los Angeles County Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, 24 Cal.4th 830 (Jan. 8, 2001) | |
March 2001: San Diego County Water Authority Brings Suit against Metropolitan and Los Angeles over "Preferential Rights" |
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July 2010: District Court Finds No Evidence that Discharges from L.A. County Outflows Contributed to Violations of Water Quality Standards Downstream Natural Resources Defense Council v. County of Los Angeles, ___F.Supp.2d___ CV 08-1467 AHM (C.D. Cal. April 26, 2010) | |
May 2010: U.S. District Court issues Decision on Motions for Summary Judgment in Clean Water Act Citizen Suit against the County of Los Angeles Natural Resources Defense Council v. County of Los Angeles, ___F.Supp.2d___ CV 08-1467 AHM (PLAx) (C.D. Cal. March 2, 2010) | |
May 2010: U.S. District Court Issues Decision on Motions for Summary Judgment in Clean Water Act Citizen Suit against the County of Los Angeles | |
May 2010: News from the West | |
April 2010: Second District Finds County Erred in Calculating School District’s Pass-Through Payments under Health and Safety Code Section 33607.5 Los Angeles Unified School District v. County of Los Angeles 181 Cal.App.4th 414 (2nd Dist. 2010) | |
April 2010: Supreme Court Finds Agency Erred in Using Maximum Permitted Operational Levels as Baseline in Determination that Project Would Have a Significant Environmental Impact Communities for a Better Environment v. South Coast Air Quality Management District, et al., ___Cal.4th___ S161190 (March 15, 2010) | |
January 2010: Second District Affirms CEQA Exemption for Transportation Rate Increase Bus Riders Union v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency, ___Cal.App.4th___ B212145 (2nd Dist. 2009) | |
December 2009: Chino Basin Watermaster Water Auction Reset for Spring 2010 | |
August 2009: Second District Holds Business Owner with No Ownership Interest in Property Acquired by Eminent Domain May Recover for Business Goodwill Los Angeles Unified School District v. Pulgarin, ___Cal. App.4th___ B206892 (2nd Dist. Jun. 23, 2009). | |
August 2009: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Critical Habitat for Rare Southern California Plant | |
June 2009: Metropolitan Water District Declares a Regional Shortage Level 2, Reducing Water Deliveries to Member Agencies by Ten Percent | |
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 | |
May 2008: News from the West | |
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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) | |
February 2008: Congress Asks Why Federal Agency Has Failed to Conduct TCE-Related Health Studies | |
February 2008: EPA Approves Plan by Northeast States to Lower Mercury Levels in Fish | |
December 2007: Regional Water Quality Control Boards Consider Discharge Waivers in Wake of Wildfires | |
December 2007: DWR’s Long-Awaited ‘Monterey Plus’ Draft EIR Is Released for Public Comment | |
October 2007: Second District Court Holds ‘Cost to Create’ Is Appropriate Method for Calculating Loss of Goodwill in Eminent Domain Valuation Inglewood Redevelopment Agency v. Aklilu, ___Cal.App.4th___ B185107 (2nd Dist. July 30, 2007) | |
July 2007: Second District Rules that Regional Board Orders Are Not Exempt from State Constitutional Requirements for Reimbursement of Mandated Costs County of Los Angeles v. Commission on State Mandates, et al. 150 Cal.App.4th 898 (2nd Dist. 2007) | |
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) | |
May 2007: Inyo County Superior Court Finds LADWP Has More Work to Do in Restoring the Lower Owens River Sierra Club v. L.A. Dept. of Water & Power CIV-0129768 (Inyo Co. Superior Court., March 12, 2007) | |
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) | |
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) | |
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) | |
August 2006: Ninth Circuit Upholds U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Refusal to Designate Critical Habitat For Unarmored Threespine Stickleback Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, et al., ___ F.3d ___ 04-55084 (9th Cir. June 5, 2006) | |
May 2006: Second District Holds Easement Deed Creating a Further Right to Grant Easements for Like Purposes Permitted the Dominant Tenement to Convey Easements to Adjacent Properties Newmyer v. Parklands Ranch, ___Cal.App.4th___ B180461 and B184674 (2nd Dist. March 23, 2006) | |
November 2005: Metropolitan Water District Authorizes New Groundwater Storage Project | |
November 2005: California Public Utilities Commission Audit Concludes San Gabriel Valley Water Company Owes Ratepayers over $27 Million | |
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) | |
June 2005: Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board Authorizes Recycled Water Recharge for Chino Groundwater Basin | |
May 2005: California Water Districts Sign Water Spreading Agreement to Replenish Groundwater in the Central Basin | |
April 2005: Second District Court Finds Homeowners Association Must Impose Special Emergency Assessment to Pay Civil Judgment James F. O’Toole Company, Inc. v. Los Angeles Kingsbury Court Owners Ass’n. 126 Cal.App.4th 542, (2nd Dist. 2005) | |
March 2005: Sierra Club Files Lawsuit to Challenge Los Angeles County’s Approval of a Spring Water Exporting Project Sierra Club v. County of Los Angeles BS094042 (filed Dec. 17, 2004 L.A. County Superior Court) | |
February 2005: Second District Court Clarifies the Meaning of a “Big Box Retailer” under AB 178. City of Carson v. City of La Mirada ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. B168849 (2nd Dist. Dec. 30, 2004). | |
January 2005: Gastelum Retires as Head of Metropolitan Water District | |
November 2002: Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions | |
October 2004: Safe to Drink: Has Southern California’s Water Protection Plan Evaporated? | |
August 2004: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Releases Environmental Review for Owens River Restoration | |
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). | |
December 2003: Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board Issues Administrative Complaint against Sony Pictures for Violation of Water Code § 13376 | |
December 2003: Newhall Ranch: A Study in Patience and Compromise in an Open and Exhaustive Planning and Environmental Review Process | |
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). | |
August/September 2003: The Battle Over California’s IID-to-San Diego Water Transfer Heats Up on a Number of Fronts 2 | |
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). | |
June 2003: Planning and Litigation in Glendale: The Story and the Morals of Gregg v. City of Glendale | |
April 2003: Newhall Project Delayed Again by Appellate Court; More Water Supply Analysis Required Santa Clarita Organization for Planning the Environment et al. v. County of Los Angeles ___Cal.App.4th___. Case No. B155552 (2nd Dist. Feb. 27, 2003). | |
January 2003: Chino Area Dairies Settle Lawsuits; Agree to Implement Water and Air Controls | |
November 2002: Court of Appeal: Court of Appeal Finds Planning Commission Justified in Requiring Environmental Impact Report for 21-Unit Segmented Residential Project 41 Arviv Enterprises, Inc. v. South Valley Planning Commission 101 Cal.App.4th 1333 (2nd Dist. Sept. 11, 2002). | |
November 2002: Metropolitan Water District Board of Southern California Scraps Cadiz Groundwater Project | |
November 2002: State Water Resources Control Board Adopts New Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load for Los Angeles Coastal Beaches | |
November 2002: Legislation, Appeal Bring Central Basin Groundwater Issues to the Spotlight | |
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 | |
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). | |
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: 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) | |
January 2001: Court Upholds Limited Discovery of Nonlitigants’ Financial Contributions to Public Interest Group’s Litigation as Relevant to Group’s Motion to Recover Fees under “Private Attorney General” Statute Save Open Space Santa Monica Mountains v. Superior Court 84 Cal.App.4th 235, (2nd Dist. Oct. 18, 2000) |
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May 2010: Fifth District Finds Addition of ‘Supercenter’ to Project Does Not Necessarily Require an Urban Decay Analysis in a Subsequent or Supplemental EIR Melom v. City of Madera, ___Cal.App.4th___ F055024 (5th Dist. March 24, 2010) | |
January 2009: News from the West | |
December 2008: Fifth District Court Concludes that County Approval of Hard Rock Quarry Was Improper Due to Errors in the EIR and Failure to Satisfy SB 610 Gray v. County of Madera, ___Cal.App.4th__ F053661 (5th Dist. Oct. 24, 2008) | |
August 2006: Public Fear and Misconception Generate Obstacles to Successful Water Banking Projects—Planners Must Focus on Public Process to Educate, Communicate, and Adapt to Avoid Failure | |
November 2005: Madera Irrigation District Purchases 14,000-Acre Ranch to Create Water Bank; County Threatens Suit | |
August 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Considers Excluding Developing Areas from Vernal Pool Species Critical Habitat Based upon Draft Economic Impact Analysis Butte Environmental Council v. Norton Civ. 04-CV-00096 ( E.D. Cal.) | |
June 2005: Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions | |
January 2005: Fifth District Court Finds CEQA Request for Hearing Requirement Does Not Require the Setting of a Hearing Date Leavitt v. County of Madera, ___Cal.App.4th ___ F044068 (5th Dist. Nov. 3, 2004) | |
June 2003: Abuse of Discretion Standard Upheld as Appropriate for EIR Review under CEQA Association of Irritated Residents, et al. v. County of Madera, et al. 107 Cal.App.4th 1383 (5th Cir. 2003). |
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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) | |
June 2006: Upon Reconsideration, Second District Confirms Settlement Reached Between City and Developer in Closed Session Violates the Brown Act Trancas Property Owners Association v. City of Malibu, ___Cal.App.4th___ B174674 (2nd Dist. March 30, 2006) | |
November 2005: Second District Finds Settlement Reached between City and Developer in Closed Session Violates the Brown Act Trancas Property Owners Association v. City of Malibu, ___Cal.App.4th___ B174674 (2nd Dist. Sept. 26, 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) | |
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) | |
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) | |
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). | |
July 2002: Second District finds the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Is Not Immune from the City of Malibu's Land Use Regulations City of Malibu v. Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy 98 Cal.App.4th 460 (2nd Dist. 2002) |
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April 2007: Pacific Gas & Electric Initiates Wave Power Research through WaveConnect Project | |
October 2006: Alice in Groundwater Land: Court Defines State Board ‘Subterranean Stream’ Jurisdiction | |
February 2005: Mendocino County Superior Court Upholds SWRCB Groundwater Calssification. North Gualala Water Company v. California State Water Resources Control Board, Case No. SCUKCVG 01861, Minute Order filed Nov. 8, 2004 (Mendocino County Superior Court). | |
November 2004: First District Court Sets Forth Rules of Merger Pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act Moores, et al. v. Board of Supervisors of Mendocino County, ___Cal.App.4th___ A105446 (1st Dist. Sept. 24, 2004) | |
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). | |
November 2002: Proposal to Transport Northern California River Water to San Diego in Floating Bags Is before the State Water Resources Control Board | |
October 2002: Placing of Land in Trust Does Not Automatically Void Williamson Act Contract Sherwood Valley Rancheria v. Friends of East Willits Valley ___Cal.App.4th___,Case No.AO94872 (1st Dist.Aug.14,2002). |
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June 2007: Fifth District Rejects EIR for Inadequate Project Description, Baseline Assumptions, and Improperly Deferred Mitigation San Joaquin Raptor Rescue Center, et al. v. County of Merced, et al. 149 Cal.App.4th 645 (5th Dist. 2007) | |
August 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Considers Excluding Developing Areas from Vernal Pool Species Critical Habitat Based upon Draft Economic Impact Analysis Butte Environmental Council v. Norton Civ. 04-CV-00096 ( E.D. Cal.) | |
August 2005: Fifth District Court Orders Merced County to Pay Petitioner’s Attorney’s Fees in CEQA Case Protect Our Water et al. v. County of Merced, ___Cal. App.4th___ F044896, unpub. opinion (5th Dist. May 25, 2005) | |
July 2005: Court of Appeal Confirms Attorneys Fee Award for Initiating Action that Lead to Positive Impact on Public Interest Protect Our Water v. County of Merced, ___Cal. App.4th___ F044896, unpub. op. (5th Dist. May 25, 2005) | |
August/September 2003: Fifth District Sets Aside EIR Because of County’s Failure to Include Sufficient Findings to Support Certification in Administrative Record Protect Our Water v. County of Merced, unpublished opinion Case No. F041200 (5th Dist. July 9, 2003). |
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June 2010: Monterey County Approves Regional Desalination Plant, Awaits Final Decision By Public Utilities Commission | |
October 2009: News from the West | |
August 2009: Supreme Court Concludes County Is Immune from Suit for Alleged Failure to Ensure Residents Are Notified about Water Contamination Guzman v. County of Monterey, ___Cal.4th___ S157793 (Cal. June 22, 2009) | |
April 2009: Sixth District Court Validates Affordable Housing Deed Restriction Alfaro v. Community Housing Improvement System & Planning Association, Inc., ___Cal.App.4th___ H031127 (6th Dist. Feb. 19, 2009) | |
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) | |
January 2009: Sixth District Court Upholds Attorney’s Fee Award in Action Brought Pursuant to California Public Records Act Bernardi, et al. v. County of Monterey, ___Cal. App.4th___ M73763 (6th Dist. Sep. 30, 2008) | |
December 2007: Sixth District Court Holds California Safe Drinking Water Act Imposes Mandatory Duties on Health Of- ficials to Review and Respond to Water Quality Monitoring Reports Guzman v. County of Monterey 155 Cal.App.4th 645 (6th Dist. 2007) | |
July 2007: Sixth District Holds that Groundwater Augmentation Charges Are Subject to Proposition 218 Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency v. Amrhein 150 Cal.App.4th 1364 (6th Dist. 2007) | |
March 2007: Sixth District Court Upholds Denial of CEQA Petition Challenging Mitigated Negative Declaration for Monterey County Development Project Landwatch Monterey County v. County of Monterey, ___Cal.App.4th___ H028659, Unpub. Op. (6th Dist. Jan. 23, 2007) | |
March 2007: Suit Filed Against Approval of Pilot Desalination Plant on Monterey County Riley v. County of Monterey GNM82583, filed Jan. 11, 2007, Monterey County Superior Court | |
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) | |
February 2007: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reconsiders Critical Habitat Designation for Threatened Monterey Spineflower | |
April 2006: The Seaside Basin Case: Adjudication Grows Up | |
December 2005: Ninth Circuit Upholds Divestiture and Financial Penalties to Water System Operator for Violations of the Safe Drinking Water Actv United States v. Alisal Water Corp., ___F.3d___ 02-15907, 04-16210 (9th Cir. Oct. 13, 2005) | |
December 2005: Monterey County Board of Supervisors Approves Study to Determine Available Water Supply for Development | |
August 2005: Potential Takeover of CAL-AM by Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Goes to Voters | |
August 2005: Superior Court Rejects Challenge to Water Credit Transfer Administered by the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Save Our Carmel River et al. v. Monterey Peninsula Water Management District et al. M72061 (Monterey Co. Superior Ct. Oct. 24, 2004) | |
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: Twin Lawsuits Challenge CEQA Compliance for Water Credit Transfers on Monterey Peninsula Save Our Carmel River et al. v. Monterey Peninsula Water Management District et al., Case No. M72061 (Monterey Co. Sup. Ct. Oct. 24, 2004 ); Save Our Carmel River et al. v. Monterey Peninsula Water Management District et al. M72877 (Monterey Co. Sup. Ct. Jan. 6, 2005) | |
December 2004: Code of Civil Procedure § 473(b) Fails to Relieve Water Agency’s Failure, Through Its Attorney’s “Inexcusable Neglect,” to Timely Request a CEQA Hearing Nacimiento Regional Water Management Advisory Committee v. Monterey County Water Resources Agency, ___Cal.App.4th___ A104687 (1st Dist. Sept. 29, 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). | |
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). | |
August/September 2003: Sixth District Finds California State University Not Required to Mitigate Offsite Impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act City of Marina v. Board of Trustees of the California State University ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. H023158 ( 6th Dist. June 17, 2003) | |
June 2003: Proposition 218 Vote in Salinas Valley Reveals Widespread Support for Project to Control Seawater Intrusion and Enhance Water Supply | |
December 2002: Monterey Voters Give Two-Thirds Approval to Disband Monterey Peninsula Water Management District; District Moves Forward with Draft Groundwater Regulation Ordinance | |
May 2001: Court of Appeal Holds Project EIR Inadequate for Failure to Adequately Analyze Property's Historic Water Use "Baseline" as of Date Environmental Review Commenced Save Our Peninsula Committee, Et Al. V. Monterey County Board Of Supervisors ___Cal.App.4th ___,104 Cal.Rptr.2d 326 (6th Dist. Feb. 15, 2001) | |
April 2001: Court of Appeal Holds Project EIR Inadequate for Failure to Adequately Analyze Property's Historic Water Use "Baseline" as of Date Environmental Review Commenced Save Our Peninsula Committee, Et Al. V. Monterey County Board Of Supervisors ___ Cal.App.4th ___, 104 Cal.Rptr.2d 326 (6th Dist. Feb. 15, 2001). |
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