CEQA Reform Effort Moves Forward as SB 731 Passes Out of Committee _________________________________________________________________________ Today SB 731, Senator Steinberg’s CEQA reform bill, passed out of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. We are encouraged by this progress, and recognize that SB 731 is a good starting point, but that we have a long negotiation process […]
Continue ReadingD.C. Appeals Court Says EPA May Revoke Fill Permit After It Has Been Issued In addressing an important legal issue of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “veto” authority under Section 404(c) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) allowed it to […]
Continue ReadingCEQA Reform: The Cure May Be Worse Than the Disease 04.29.02013 According to the author’s April 23, 2013 press release, the amended version of Senate Bill 731 is a “comprehensive reform” of CEQA, “modernizing the law to aid California’s economic growth.” But a close review shows that the bill would actually impose a new set […]
Continue ReadingIn Case You Missed It: Mayors from Five of California’s Largest Cities Urge Legislature to Reform CEQA _________________________________________________________________________ SACRAMENTO – Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido urged the legislature to prioritize CEQA reform this […]
Continue ReadingApril 25, 2013 Update on Water Bond Legislation and ACWA’s Activities The Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee has scheduled a special order of business at its April 30 hearing to consider three bills related to the 2014 water bond. The recently amended bills – AB 143 (Perea), AB 295 (Salas) and AB […]
Continue ReadingCalifornia Capitol Hill Bulletin Volume 20, Bulletin 12 – April 25, 2013[online/pdf] To expand communications between Washington and California, the California Institute provides periodic bulletins regarding current activity on Capitol Hill that affects our state. Bulletins are published weekly during sessions of Congress, and occasionally during other periods. To subscribe to the Bulletin or other […]
Continue ReadingCEQA Working Group Responds to SB 731 (Steinberg) Amendments The CEQA Working Group is a broad coalition of local government, business, transportation, transit, schools, hospitals, and other organizations that have come together to support meaningful CEQA reform this year. The coalition issued the following statement in response to the amendments made to SB […]
Continue ReadingCalifornia Institute for Federal Policy Research California Capitol Hill Bulletin Volume 20, Bulletin 11 – April 18, 2013[online/pdf] To expand communications between Washington and California, the California Institute provides periodic bulletins regarding current activity on Capitol Hill that affects our state. Bulletins are published weekly during sessions of Congress, and occasionally during other periods. […]
Continue ReadingSenate Appropriations leadership sent a letter on April 10 to WRDA sponsors David Vitter (R-LA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) opposing Point of Order language in Sections 8003 and 8005 of the WRDA Act. Below is a Bulletin from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Fairness Coalition about this issue, as well as a link to the […]
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