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U.S. Secretary Of The Interior Formally Executes Pechanga Water Rights Settlement Agreement

On November 29, 2017, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Mark Macarro, Chairman of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians (Tribe) formally…

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U.S. Bureau of Land Management Faces New Challenge Over Proposed Cadiz Project

In late November 2017, the Cadiz Valley Groundwater Conservation, Storage and Recovery Project (Cadiz Project) was the subject of a new lawsuit challenging the U.S.…

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California Court of Appeal Refuses to Loosen the Claim Filing Requirements of the Government Claims Act

In Olson v. Manhattan Beach Unified School District, appellant challenged the trial court’s dismissal of his Second Amendment complaint against the Manhattan Beach Unified School…

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California Court of Appeal Finds Charter City Exempt from the Requirement for General Plan Consistency

The California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District found that a California charter city is exempt from the statutory requirements for consistency between its…

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California State Water Resources Control Board Proposes First Ever Permanent Water Conservation Regulations

Building upon its emergency regulations imposed during the recent and historic five-year drought, the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), now proposes to enact…

Read More 2018-01-08

Federal Agencies to Defer the Applicability of the 2015 ‘Waters Of The United States’ Rule

In November 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps, or jointly Agencies) published a proposed rule (proposed Applicability…

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California Funding and Programs to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions from State Wildfires

The State of California has suffered through numerous wildfires during 2017 California wildfire season. The wildfires have caused the tragic loss of life and property.…

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EPA Begins Express Repeal of Clean Power Plan with Proposed Rule

On October 10, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Scott Pruitt, signed a draft proposed rule (Proposed Rule) that will repeal the Carbon…

Read More 2017-12-03

District Court Determines in Jemez River Adjudication that New Mexico Indian Pueblos Have No Aboriginal Water Rights

 On September 30, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order holding that the Pueblos of…

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Lawsuit Filed in U.S. District Court Seeks Determination that Colorado River Ecosystem is a ‘Person’ Capable of Possessing Water Rights

In a lawsuit filed on September 25, 2017, a U.S. District Court in Denver is being asked to rule that the “Colorado River Ecosystem” is…

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