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The California Court of Appeal for the Third Judicial District has rejected a laundry list of claims under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) brought…
California State Senator Scott Wiener (D - San Francisco) recently introduced Senate Bill 899 (SB 899), which would allow faith institutions and nonprofit hospitals to…
In late February 2020, the California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to adopt an amended striped bass policy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Striped…
On February 14, 2020, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the government of Guam was unable to recover money from the U.S. Navy…
A local interest group brought suit challenging the City of San Diego’s (City) issuance of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) allowing the City to convert…
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims dismissed U.S. Constitutional Fifth Amendment takings claims related to “Hurricane Harvey” for failure to state a claim upon which…
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims recently found that the government’s actions relating to the Addicks and Barker Dams (Dams) and the accompanying flooding of…
The Washington State Supreme Court ruled on petition from the State of Washington’s water resource agency, the Department of Ecology (Ecology), granting discretionary review of…
On December 2, 2019, several environmental organizations filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging the Biological Opinions…
California's Fourth District Court of Appeal has upheld the City of San Diego’s (City) determination that the infill development exemption applied to a proposed development…
