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In the post-Great Recession era, cities and counties are highly aware of the potential fiscal impacts of new development in their jurisdictions. “Fiscal neutrality” is…
The Second District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s denial of a writ of mandate seeking to overturn the City of Los Angeles’s decision…
In this case the Utah Supreme Court was asked to determine the narrow issue of whether the Little Cottonwood Tanner Ditch Company, Richards Ditch Company…
On October 12, 2016, California Governor Jerry Brown’s Interagency Working Group on Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEV) released the 2016 ZEV Action Plan (Action Plan). The Action…
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a listing determination under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) based on both near-and long-term climate change…
New Mexico has confronted numerous interstate water issues. In virtually all of the cases, New Mexico was the upstream state. On the Pecos River, New…
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has confirmed that the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits the unpermitted “taking” of listed fish and wildlife species,…
The Court of Appeal for the First District held that a state law known as the Ellis Act of 1985 preempts an ordinance adopted by…
Judge Jesus G. Bernal of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California rejected allegations that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and other…
Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 2551 (AB 2551) on September 28, 2016. The bill aims to streamline the construction of local agency water storage projects.…
