FEATURE ARTICLE
Federal Claims Court Holds United States Did Not ‘Take’ a Water District’s Property Interest by Requiring the District to Allocate Water to Benefit
Endangered Species by Roderick Walston, Best, Best 131
CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
2012 California Water Law & Policy MCLE Conference Opens for Registra-
tion138
National Water Research Institute Releases White Paper on Wastewater Reuse140
Burgeoning California Coalition Explores a New Agricultural Flood Hazard Area under the National Flood Insurance Program141
Nevada Irrigation District Unanimously Opposes Garden Bar Dam143
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
President Obama Signs into Law Appropriations Bill Containing Language
by U.S. Senator Feinstein Lifting Prior CVPIA Ban on CVP Water
Transfers144
Marine Protection Areas in California’s South Coast Region become Effective January 1, 2012145
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Golden State Water Reaches Agreement in CPUC Proceeding to Pay Customers $1.56 Million Back Due to Overcharging147
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Idaho Couple’s Clean Water Act Arguments Seemingly Well Received by U.S. Supreme Court in Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency149
Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club Challenge Bureau of Land Management Lease for Oil and Gas Development152
New Lawsuit against the Bureau of Reclamation Seeks to Restrict Operation of the Grasslands Bypass and San Luis Drain153
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
District Court:
District Court Rejects Challenge to Remove Redwood Creek from Clean Water Act List of Polluted
Waters155
Barnum Timber Co. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. C08-01988 WHA (N.D. Cal. Dec. 15, 2011).
District Court Denies Request for Injunction where Conservation Groups Fail to Show Water Pumping Irreparably Protected Species156
Wild Equity Institute v. City and County of San Francisco, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. C11-00958 SI (N.D. Cal. 2011).
RECENT STATE DECISIONS
California Supreme Court Ruling Requires Dissolution of State Redevelopment Agencies158
California Redevelopment Association v. Matosantos, ___Cal.4th___, Case No. S194861 (Dec. 29, 2011).
