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California Environmental Quality Act’s Wildfire Impact Analysis Requirements


By Tina Wallis, Esq. The addition of studying how projects impact wildfire risk to Appendix G of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines has

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First District Court Denies Petition Challenging Project Approval’s Compliance with CEQA Settlement Agreement


 By Bridget McDonald, Esq. In an unpublished opinion filed on December 11, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal in Green Tree Headlands, LLC v.

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Divided Ninth Circuit Reaffirms Decision that Berkeley’s Ban on Natural Gas Piping Installations in New Construction is Federally Preempted


By Arley Titzler, Esq. and Hina Gupta, Esq. On January 2, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal published an amended opinion in California Restaurant

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California Announces a Significant Milestone—Consolidation of More Than 100 Water Systems


By Micheline Nadeau Fairbank, Esq. and Derek Hoffman, Esq. Consolidation of water systems can expand availability of safe and reliable drinking water to Californians, and

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Colorado General Assembly Drought Task Force Report


By John Sittler, Esq. The Colorado Drought Task Force, created through Senate Bill 295 last May, recently released its first report summarizing its internal and

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New MOU entered for Columbia River Basin Salmon Recovery Efforts—Proposes to Stay Long Term Litigation Until 2028


By Jamie Morin, Esq. On December 14, 2023, a number of parties to pending litigation filed a Joint Motion to stay litigation through 2028 on

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