WATER: Calif. House bill in works could portend wider Western drought legislation Nick Juliano and Annie Snider, E&E reporters Published: Thursday, May 21, 2015, on E&E Daily House Republicans from California are readying legislation to address their home state’s ongoing drought by focusing on water transfers and storage while attempting to avoid the most controversial […]
Continue ReadingMay 22, 2015 Budget Subcommittee Rejects Move to Limit Use of SRF as Local Matching Funds On Thursday, the Senate Budget Subcommittee #2 considered adopting a proposal that included trailer bill language that would restrict the use of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund monies as a local match for recycled water projects from Proposition […]
Continue ReadingUS Outlook Report: U.S. Economy Muddling Along Do you ever get the feeling you are just going through the motions, muddling through, but your heart just isn’t in it. Well that’s how the U.S. economy’s performance has felt over the last six months. Just as the Fed was about to sound the all clear and […]
Continue ReadingAttached here is the Agenda for the May 26, 2015 San Francisco Port Commission Meeting.
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a cover letter and draft order in which the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) issues a cease and desist order (CDO) and imposes administrative civil liability (ACL) against Robert Mann (Individual and Trustee) and Robert C. Mann 1999 […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is the agenda for the June 2, 2015 State Water Resources Control Board Meeting.
Continue ReadingThe California Land Use & Development Law Report Legal Commentary on Planning and Development Failure to Challenge Affordable Housing Condition Barred Subsequent Claim of Invalidity of Enabling Ordinance under Costa-Hawkins Act While acknowledging that the City’s affordable housing ordinance was no longer enforceable under the Costa-Hawkins Act, an appellate court dismissed a challenge to a […]
Continue ReadingSpend Maters: Strategic Sourcing in Developing Countries — Sound bridges, roads and tunnels, combined with reliable air and ground freight suppliers, provide for the worry-free movement of goods from point A to point B …
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California water cuts move to those with century-old rights Associated Press: California farmers offer to give up some water, avoid cuts ABC News10 Sacramento: Delta farmers offer to cut water use by 25 percent San Francisco Gate: Delta farmers offer to take 25 percent less water Capital Public Radio: California Water Board Considers Voluntary Water Cut From Farmers […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: New Bay Bridge problem: Tower rod is fractured San Francisco Chronicle: Worker survey reveals challenges of sharing economy San Francisco Chronicle: State shuts down S.F. luxury bus operator Leap Transit San Jose Mercury News: Roadshow: Razing of I-280 in San Francisco has drivers concerned Marin Independent Journal: Controversial Sausalito ferry dock project pulled from regional body’s agenda […]
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