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REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
California Department of Water Resources Releases Water Plan Update Looking to the Future of Water Resource Management251
California Public Utilities Commission Proposes to Implement Fixed Income-Based Electricity Charges to Pay for Infrastructure and Operational
Costs252
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
District Court of Appeal:
Second District Court Upholds Senate Bill 10 Granting Municipalities Discretion to Supersede Local Housing Density Caps255
Aids Healthcare Foundation v. Bonta, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. B321875 (2nd Dist. Mar. 29, 2024).
Fourth District Court Finds Tribe is Neither a Necessary nor Indispensable Party in CEQA Action Challenging Proposed Wind Farm257
Backcountry Against Dumps v. San Diego County Board of Supervisors, Unpub., Case No. D081530 (4th Dist. Mar. 13, 2024).
First District Court Reverses Denial of Writ Petition to Require Processing of a Referendum Challenging a Housing Development Agreement260
Move Eden Housing v. City of Livermore, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. A167346 (1st Dist. Mar. 6, 2024).
Fourth District Court Affirms Rejection of Brown
Act Claim for Sale of Angel Stadium but Reverses on Issue Finding City Improperly Restricted Public Comments262
Peoples Homeless Task Force Orange County v. City of Anaheim, Unpub., Case No. G061422 (4th Dist. Mar. 6, 2024).
First District Court Finds CEQA Challenge on City-Owned Land Was Not Mooted by Construction Completion During Trial Court Proceedings265
Vichy Springs Resort, Inc. v. City of Ukiah, et al., ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. A165345, A167000 (1st Dist. Mar. 29, 2024).
Superior Court:
Los Angeles County Superior Court Finds City Violated the Housing Accountability Act by Failing to Process a Builder’s Remedy Application268
600 Foothill Owner L.P. v. City of La Cañada, Case No. 23STCP02614, March 4, 2024 (L.A. Super Ct.).
Sacramento County Superior Court Rules in Favor of the State Water Board’s Substitute Environmental Document for Phase I of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Plan271
State Water Board Case Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings, Case No. 5013 (Sac. Super. Ct, Mar. 15, 2024).
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE273
