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Category "California Land Use Law & Policy"

U.S. District Court Dismisses Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Challenging Unpermitted Discharge of Pollutants Via Groundwater Seeps

Environmental group brought citizen suit challenging unpermitted discharge of coal ash wastewater via groundwater seeps [...]

U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces $449 Million Loan to Assist In Developing the Sites Reservoir Project in California

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has committed to a $449 million loan for the Maxwell [...]

California Court of Appeal Addresses Proposition 218 and a Municipal Referendum Seeking to Alter Water Rates to Facilitate Water Infrastructure

The Third District Court of Appeal has held that Proposition 218 does not preclude placing [...]

U.S. District Court Concludes Federal Agencies’ Environmental Assessment of Coastal ‘Fracking’ Violated the ESA and Coastal Zone Act

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently granted in part and [...]