FEATURE ARTICLE
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LAND USE NEWS
Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Plans to Address Climate Change Impacts in the Agricultural Sector8
California Legislature Approves Senate Bill 330—The Housing Crisis Act of 201911
Butte County and Local Water Suppliers Consider Project to Send Water from Paradise to Chico In the Wake of the Camp Fire Disaster12
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City Proposes Use of Recycled Water for Golf Course Irrigation to Make Groundwater Available for New Development in Adjudicated Basin15
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries Jointly Announce
Revisions to Regulations Implementing Portions of the Endangered Species
Act17
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Fishing Groups and Tribes Challenge Biological Opinion on Klamath Project Operations19
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
Supreme Court:
California Supreme Court Denies Inverse Condemnation Claim Against City—Clarifies Legal Standard for Assessing Such Claims21
City of Orovillle v. Superior Court of Butte County, 7 Cal.5th 1091 (2019).
District Court of Appeal:
Sixth District Court Affirms County’s Approval of Subdivision Identified in Recirculated EIR as Environmentally Superior Alternative23
Highway 68 Coalition v. County of Monterey, Case No. H045253, unpub. (6th Dist. July 26, 2019).
Second District Court Invalidates Millenium Hollywood Project’s EIR For Failing to Provide an Accurate, Stable, and Finite Project Description25
Stopthemillenniumhollywood.com v. City of Los Angeles, 39 Cal.App.5th 1 (2nd Dist. 2019).
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE28
