On March 14, CA Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gomez Reyes introduced (pending publication) AB 1000, also known as the Good Neighbor Policy. This legislation, if passed, would alter the siting and expansion of logistics facilities statewide.
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The ProHousing designation program comes as a response to California’s housing crisis and lack of affordable housing and provides an avenue for jurisdictions to be designated as “ProHousing.”
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A pair of bills introduced last week propose sweeping new authorities for the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) that would increase state oversight of surface water diversions.
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On September 29, 2022 Senate Bill 1439 (Glazer) was signed by the Governor to take effect January 1, 2023. The bill broadens the scope of Section 84308 of the Political Reform Act by prohibiting local elected officials from taking part in licensing,…
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Farmland Protection Alliance v. County of Yolo Save the Field v. Del Mar Union School District Two recent appellate decisions tackle the question of how a CEQA lead agency may construct an EIR following a successful challenge to a prior negative decl…
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The Sixth District Court of Appeals recently upheld a trial court judgment finding that the State Water Resources Control Board (“SWRCB”) exceeded its authority in 2015 by ordering “junior” pre-1914 water rights holders to stop diverting wate…
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Tiburon Open Space Committee v. County of Marin (2022) 78 Cal.App.5th 700 In a contentious development case, the first appellate district recently held that a lead agency properly limited the scope of its CEQA review to recognize prior judgments whic…
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Administrative Civil Liability Complaint No. R4-2022-0218 In early July 2022, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board proposed to levy a historically large civil penalty – more than $15 million – on the owners and operators of a beau…
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On April 12th, 2022, the City of Fontana passed Ordinance 1891 (“Ordinance”). The Ordinance implemented new-wave environmental justice policies for industrial commerce centers, and although its reach is limited to Fontana alone, its terms give a…
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Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 33 F.4th 1202 (9th Cir. 2022) A recent Ninth Circuit ruling highlights the Mining Law of 1872’s shortcomings to accommodate the extraordinarily large-scale operations that often ch…
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