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REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
California Becomes First State to Require Solar Power for New Homes Beginning in the Year 2020322
California Water Commission Awards $2.5 Billion for New Water Storage Projects323
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
Second District Court Finds Granting Well Permit Is a Ministerial Act, Exempt from CEQA325
California Water Impact Network v. County of San Luis Obispo, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. B283846 (2nd Dist. June 28, 2018).
Second District Court Affirms Trial Court Decision that Geologic Hazard Abatement District Activities Are Exempt from CEQA326
County of Ventura et al. v. City of Moorpark, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. B282466 (2nd Dist. June 12, 2018).
Second District Court finds an Agency Can Recover Record Preparation Costs under CEQA when a Petitioner Does Not Produce a Record328
Landwatch San Luis Obispo County v. Cambria Community Services District, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. B281823 (2nd Dist. July 27, 2018).
The Need for Environmental Impact Reports—First District Court Addresses CEQA Impacts on Aesthetics and Traffic in a Historical Dis-
trict329
Protect Niles et al. v. City of Fremont et al., ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. A151645 (1st Dist. Aug. 9, 2018).
Fifth District Court Rejects Environmental Group’s Efforts to Drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and Restore Hetch Hetchy Valley332
Restore Hetch Hetchy v. City and County of San Francisco, Unpub., Case No. F074107 (5th Dist. Aug. 1, 2018).
The Importance of Environmental Impact Reports—Second District Court Addresses when a Mitigated Negative Declaration Is Insufficient334
Save Adelaida et al v. County of San Luis Obispo et al., Unpub., Case No. B279285 (2nd Dist. 2018).
Second District CourtAffirms that the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Lease Replacement Was Categorically Exempt from CEQA337
World Business Academy v. California State Lands Commission, 24 Cal.App.5th 476 (2nd Dist. 2018).
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE339
