FEATURE ARTICLE
Solar Farms and the Williamson Act: Compatible Use? by Annie Mudge and Bradley B. Brownlow, Cox, Castle 35
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Pacific Legal Foundation, Central Valley Organizations Petition U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeking Delisting of Valley Elderberry Longhorn
Beetle41
California’s New Construction Stormwater Discharge Permit Require-
ment42
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Finds ‘Serious Questions’ Approach to Evaluating Preliminary Injunction Applications Survives U.S. Supreme Court Decision in
Winter45
Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Cottrell, ___F.3d___, Case No. 09-35756 (9th Cir. Sept. 22, 2010).
Ninth Circuit Holds that a Land Exchange Approved by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Violated NEPA and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act47
Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of the Interior, ___F.3d___, Case No. 07-16423 (9th Cir. 2010).
Ninth Circuit Holds Clean Water Act Precludes Pre-Enforcement Judicial Review of Compliance Orders49
Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 08-35854 (9th Cir. Sept. 17, 2010).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
District Court of Appeal:
First District Concludes U.C. Regents Complied with Alquist-Priolo Act and CEQA in Certifying EIR for UC Berkeley Athlete Center51
California Oak Foundation v. Regents of the University of California, 188 Cal.App.4th 227 (1st Dist. 2010).
Fourth District Finds Lower Court Abused Its Discretion in Refusing Motion for Supplemental Attorney’s Fee Award Following Successful Appeal54
Center for Biological Diversity v. County of San Bernardino, 188 Cal.App.4th 603 (4th Dist. 2010).
Second District Finds Conditional Use Permit Requirement Does Not Violate the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act56
County of Los Angeles v. Sahag-Mesrob Armenian Christian School, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. B216888 (2nd Dist. Sept. 22, 2010).
Second District Addresses ‘Conflicting Mandates’ of Mobile Home Park Conversion Law, Coastal Act and Mello Act58
Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates LLC. v. City of Los Angles, 187 Cal.App.4th 1461 (2nd Dist. 2010).
Second District Holds Land Conservancy Has Authority to Award Funds to Joint Powers Agency to which It Is a Member60
Robings v. Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. B216701 (2nd Dist. Sept. 23, 2010).
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE62
