FEATURE ARTICLE
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LAND USE NEWS
California Adopts Wildfire Prevention and Emergency Response Legis-
lation8
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
California Natural Resources Agency Publishes State’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment10
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Finds Forest Service’s Landscape Restoration Plan in Violation of the National Forest Management Act12
Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. U.S. Forest Service, ___F.3d___, Case No. 16-35829 (9th Cir. Aug. 13, 2018).
District Court:
District Court Requires EPA to Either Conduct Clean Water Act NPDES Permitting For Certain Stormwater Discharges or Prohibit Them13
Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. Pruitt, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 2:17-CV-03454-SVW-KS (C.D. Cal. Aug. 9, 2018).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
Supreme Court:
California Supreme Court Finds Voter Referendum Is Not Automatically Invalid Due to Inconsistency between General Plan and Zoning Ordin-
ance16
City of Morgan Hill v. Bushey, ___Cal.5th___, Case No. 5243042 (Cal. Aug. 23, 2018).
District Court of Appeal:
Fourth District Court Holds Non-Historic Building Previously Demolished as a Nuisance Does Not Trigger Environmental Review17
Bottini v. City of San Diego, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. D071670 (4th Dist. Sept. 18, 2018).
Fourth District Court Reverses Trial Court—Holds Voters May Not Approve Development Agreements by Initiative20
Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice v. City of Moreno Valley, 26 Cal.App.5th 689 (4th Dist. 2018).
Second District Court Upholds Addendum to Previous Project Level EIR for Target Store by Applying CEQA’s Subsequent Review Provisions22
Citizens Coalition Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. B283480 (2nd Dist. Aug. 23, 2018).
First District Court Upholds Environmental Impact Report for San Francisco’s Housing Element Including Water Supply and Traffic Impacts Analyses23
San Franciscans for Livable Neighborhoods v. City and County of San Francisco, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. A141138 (1st Dist. Aug. 22, 2018).
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE26
