CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Invasive Golden Mussels Are Found in Multiple California Reservoirs25
Monterey Peninsula’s Water Supply Expands with the Pure Water Monterey Going Online26
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Senate Bill 72 Modernizes the California Water Plan to Include Quantitative Performance Measurements28
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Releases Planning Tools for Water Systems to Address Cybersecurity Attacks30
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Releases Second Comprehensive Revision to State Wildlife Action Plan31
Dispute Between City and Developer Highlights Tensions Between SGMA and State Housing Policy33
Managing the Subsurface: How the California Department of Water
Resources’ Draft Best Management Practices Plans to Address Land
Subsidence34
Kern County’s Groundwater Sustainability Plans Avoid Prohibition—On a Few Conditions36
California Tribal Consultation Guidelines to Be Updated39
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Clarifies the Clean Water Act’s
Irrigated Flows Exemption41
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Inc. v. Nickels, 150 F.4th 1260 (9th Cir. 2025).
RECENT STATE DECISIONS
Court of Appeal:
First District Court Affirms Referendum Powers
Do Not Apply to Administrative Action43
Move Eden Housing v. City of Livermore, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. A171937 (1st Dist. Oct. 7, 2025).
