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On January 1, 2015, Assembly Bill 1522, the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (Paid Sick Leave Law) went into effect. Under the Paid Sick Leave Law, employers are ... read more
On December 10, 2014, the California Second District Court of Appeals held that the Public Records Act does not allow local governments to compel the return of privileged documents inadvertently ... read more
California Air Resources Board (CARB) officials at a November 20, 2014 board meeting discussed their plan to prepare a mid-term update to CARB’s scoping plan, the document that describes how ... read more
On November 19, 2014, the United States Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement for its Central Valley Project (CVP) Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy (Draft ... read more
On November 21, 2014, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) issued a proposed order on the petitions challenging the 2012 Los Angeles Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System ... read more
On November 3, 2014, the United States Supreme Court issued an order appointing A. Gregory Grimsal as the Special Master in Texas v. New Mexico & Colorado, No. 141 Original. ... read more
On September 9, 2014, the Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District held in Rominger v. County of Colusa that approval of a subdivision map is a California Environmental ... read more
Next week California voters will decide whether to approve Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014. The measure would authorize $7.12 billion in general obligation bonds and ... read more
On October 1, 2014, the California Supreme Court denied the petitions for review of the First District Court of Appeal’s opinion in Light v. State Water Resources Control Board (2014) ... read more
On September 11, 2014, the First District Court of Appeal issued its opinion in Millview County Water District, et al. v. State Water Resources Control Board, et al., No. A139481, ... read more
The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (Regional San) today approved the region’s largest public infrastructure project, a nearly $2 billion upgrade to the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant that will ... read more
On August 29, 2014, the California Legislature cast the final votes necessary to move three companion groundwater management bills to the Governor’s desk. Assembly Bill 1739, and Senate Bills 1168 ... read more
In Tuolumne Jobs & Small Business Alliance v. Superior Court issued on August 7, 2014, the Supreme Court of California held that a local legislative body does not have to ... read more
On August 1, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Court) issued its decision in Stockton East Water District, et al. v. United States, No. 2013-5078, ... read more
The California Legislature is preparing to merge two comprehensive groundwater management bills – Assembly Bill 1739 and Senate Bill 1168 – into one bill (Unified Bill). The Unified Bill will ... read more
On July 11, 2014, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California issued a ruling denying a motion for preliminary injunction seeking to bar the United States ... read more
On July 15, 2014, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted emergency conservation regulations to reduce outdoor water uses as extreme drought conditions continue. In addition to prohibiting certain outdoor ... read more
On July 14, 2014, the Sacramento Superior Court issued a ruling that the public trust doctrine protects navigable waters from harm caused by extraction of groundwater so connected to a ... read more
On June 16, 2014, the First District Court of Appeal issued its opinion in Light v. State Water Resources Control Board (2014 Cal.App.Lexis 523) (referred to as the Light opinion ... read more
Assembly Bill 218 (AB 218) went into effect July 1, 2014, and prohibits public agencies from using criminal convictions to evaluate a job applicant during the hiring process before the ... read more
Water Code section 79700 et seq. creates the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of $11.14 ... read more
On June 23, 2014, the U.S. Forest Service published a Notice of Proposed Directive, proposing a revision to the water rights clause in special use permits for ski areas on ... read more
As predicted, from May 27 to May 29, 2014, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) sent out curtailment letters to junior water rights holders in the Sacramento and ... read more
On May 21, 2014, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) held a workshop to receive comments on proposed options for curtailing Post-1914 water diversions in the Sacramento-San ... read more
Last week, several parties filed petitions for rehearing en banc before the Ninth Circuit in the Consolidated Delta Smelt Cases. This follows the Ninth Circuit’s decision in March of this ... read more
