LAND USE NEWS
Biden Administration Fiscal Year 2022 Proposed Budget Prioritizes U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Water Projects287
California to Stop Issuing Fracking Permits by 2024 and Phase Out Oil
Extraction by 2045288
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Finds U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Failed to Explain Why It Reversed Previous Listing Decision Regarding Pacific Walrus290
Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland, ___F.3d___, Case No. 19-35981 (9th Cir. June 3, 2021).
Ninth Circuit Finds Rule Requiring 30-Day Notice of Intent to States for Listing Petitions under the Endangered Species Act Was Invalid291
Friends of Animals v. Haaland, 997 F.3d 1010 (9th Cir. 2021).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
District Court of Appeal:
Third District Court Affirms Striking of Initiative General Plan Amendments that Require Traffic Mitigation Disproportionately Beyond Project Im- pacts293
Alliance for Responsible Planning v. Taylor (County of El Dorado), ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. C085712 (3rd Dist. Apr. 19, 2021).
Fourth District Court Allows Malicious Prosecution Action to Move forward against Unsuccessful CEQA Plaintiff296
Dunning v. Johnson et. al., ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. D076570 (4th Dist. Apr. 23, 2021).
Second District Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Condominium Owner, Finding No Duty of Care to Provide Onsite Guest Parking297
Issakhani v. Shadow Glen Homeowners Association, Inc., 63 Cal.App.5th 917 (2nd Dist. 2021).
Second District Court Affirms Injunction against City’s Short Term Vacation Rental Ban Because City Lacked Coastal Development Permit300
Kracke v. City of Santa Barbara, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. B300528 (2nd Dist. May 4, 2021).
First District Court Upholds Marin County’s Denial of Proposed Home on Exposed Hill-
side302
Sasan v. County of Marin, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. A160325 (1st Dist. June 10, 2021).
First District Court Upholds Award of Enhanced Attorney’s Fees to Land Trust that Successfully Enforced Conservation Easement303
Sonoma Land Trust v. Thompson, 63 Cal.App.5th 978 (1st Dist. 2021).
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
