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Category "California Land Use Law & Policy"

California Environmental Quality Act Considerations When Evaluating Impacts to Aquatic and Other Biological Resources

California Environmental Quality Act Considerations When Evaluating Impacts to Aquatic and Other Biological Resources

By Robbie Hull, Scott Birkey, and Clark Morrison One of the stated legislative policies underlying the [...]

U.S. District Court Reverses Army Corps’ Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Determination—Applies Both Justice Kennedy and Justice Scalia’s Analyses in Rapanos

U.S. District Court Reverses Army Corps’ Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Determination—Applies Both Justice Kennedy and Justice Scalia’s Analyses in Rapanos

By Melissa Jo Townsend, Rebecca Andrews The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana [...]

California Court of Appeal Finds County’s Action to Abandon a Public Road Easement Relied on Incorrect EIR in Conducting Subsequent Review

California Court of Appeal Finds County’s Action to Abandon a Public Road Easement Relied on Incorrect EIR in Conducting Subsequent Review

By James Purvis Owners of property in a residential subdivision brought an inverse condemnation claim against [...]

California Court of Appeal Finds Imperial Irrigation District Water Allocation Program Invalid but Not a ‘Taking’ of Water Rights

California Court of Appeal Finds Imperial Irrigation District Water Allocation Program Invalid but Not a ‘Taking’ of Water Rights

By Derek R. Hoffman In a years-long dispute over water allocations among irrigation district water users [...]