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By Sergio Rudin The case deals with the interplay between state accessory dwelling unit (ADU) requirements under Government Code section 65852.2 and the state Coastal…
By Bridget McDonald In an important opinion published on February 16, 2024, the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Hilltop Group, Inc. v. County of…
By Christina J. Bruff On March 20, 2024, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments regarding the decades old interstate compact litigation involving, inter alia,…
By Wes Miliband with Kevin Harris On February 21, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) received a letter from the California Department of Fish…
By Miles Krieger On March 21, the United States House of Representatives passed House Resolution 7023 modifying requirements under the federal Clean Water Act, including…
By Lauren Hoover and John Sittler In 2026, a host of agreements that provide guidelines on managing the Colorado River are set to expire. To…
By Tina Wallis, Esq. The addition of studying how projects impact wildfire risk to Appendix G of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines has…
By Bridget McDonald, Esq. In an unpublished opinion filed on December 11, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal in Green Tree Headlands, LLC v.…
By Arley Titzler, Esq. and Hina Gupta, Esq. On January 2, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal published an amended opinion in California Restaurant…
By Micheline Nadeau Fairbank, Esq. and Derek Hoffman, Esq. Consolidation of water systems can expand availability of safe and reliable drinking water to Californians, and…
