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California Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced several changes that will immediately impact California water policy. In the Governor’s State of the State address delivered to a joint session of the ... read more
Recently, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) unanimously granted the City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department’s (Department) request for a variance from a SCAQMD rule mandating reduced ... read more
A federal appellate court decision issued on January 25, 2019 will affect the relicensing of hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River and efforts to accomplish dam removal under an existing ... read more
The ongoing partial government shutdown, the longest in the history of the United States, is now in its fifth week. In all, nine federal departments and agencies have had to ... read more
On December 11, 2018, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) released a pre-publication of the proposed revision to the “Waters of the United ... read more
We are pleased to announce that Brittany Johnson and Jared Mueller have been promoted to shareholder status within our firm, effective January 1. These colleagues embody Somach Simmons & Dunn's ... read more
Kick off 2019 with a deep dive into “Colorado Water Laws and Regulations,” a day-long seminar featuring shareholder Ramsey Kropf among the distinguished faculty. Scheduled for January 30th at the Renaissance ... read more
Minor source stand-by gas-fueled spark-ignited internal combustion engines with less than 500 brake horse power (BHP), as well as those with greater or equal to 500 BHP (collectively, “covered engines”) ... read more
The Real Emissions Assessment Logging (REAL) program adopted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) expands CARB’s ability to collect emissions data from all covered vehicles, and may lead to ... read more
On November 29, 2018, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in federal court for failing to act on the CBD’s petition to ... read more
This afternoon the Department of Water Resources (DWR) withdrew its Certification of Consistency for the California WaterFix from consideration by the Delta Stewardship Council (Council). Bowing to pressure from Council ... read more
On top of the traditional requirements of their livelihoods, farmers and ranchers must navigate a complex matrix of statutes, regulations, and case law pertaining to environmental protection and the multiple ... read more
We invite you to catch up with Somach attorneys and clients through this snapshot of our press releases, alerts, events and media coverage. Events & Activities 2019 Sneak Peek January ... read more
Delta Stewardship Council (Council) staff has determined that the California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) determination that the WaterFix project is consistent with the Delta Plan is not supported by ... read more
On October 19, 2018, President Trump issued a “Presidential Memorandum on Promoting the Reliable Supply and Delivery of Water in the West” in an effort to streamline the environmental review ... read more
On October 10, the Bureau of Reclamation and the seven Colorado River basin states each released final draft agreements to implement Colorado River Upper and Lower Colorado River Basin Drought ... read more
A broad-sweeping water infrastructure bill passed Congress with ease. After being introduced in June 2018, America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (S. 3021) passed with bipartisan support in September 2018, ... read more
The Third District Court of Appeal issued a decision this week holding that Proposition 218 does not affect the authority of local governments to impose fees or charges to recover ... read more
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will hold public meetings on September 27 and 28, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. to consider the proposed requirements to Assembly Bill 617’s (AB 617) ... read more
The Third Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal (Third DCA) ruled last week that Siskiyou County (County) and the State Water Resources Control Board (Board) have public trust ... read more
On August 10, 2018, a federal district court judge in the Central District of California found that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must regulate — either by permitting or prohibiting ... read more
The Water Report’s August 2018 issue includes an article by attorney Rich Deitchman titled “Oregon’s Klamath Basin Adjudication: The First Five Years of the Circuit Court Phase." The comprehensive, ten-page article ... read more
We’re pleased to announce that shareholders Stuart Somach and Sarah Klahn were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 directory. In addition, Stuart Somach ... read more
We invite you to catch up with Somach attorneys and clients through this snapshot of our press releases, alerts, events and media coverage. NEW! Events & Activities - October, November, ... read more
In light of the massive liability facing public utilities from California’s myriad of forest fires, the Governor is proposing new legislation that will reform wildfire liability law. Meanwhile, an innovative ... read more
