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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 9, 2015
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Transportation News for March 9, 2015

San Francisco Examiner: New South City development near BART station to include below-market-rate component Daily Californian: BART station renovations green-lit by commission San Jose Mercury News: Richmond: Agreements bring ferry service closer to reality San Jose Mercury News: Bay Area housing lags booming economy KQED: Richmond Ferry Service Could Start as Soon as 2018 San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. must consider bus […]

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  • onMarch 9, 2015
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Energy News for March 9, 2015

Wall Street Journal: OPEC Chief Says Cartel Is Hurting U.S. Shale Producers The Washington Times: Obama minimizes benefits of Keystone XL in speech  Bloomberg: Global oil market to get balance back this year, OPEC chief says Fuel Fix: Investors raised $7.75B for oil producers in last 2 months, analysts say POLITICO Morning Energy for 3/9/2015 By DARIUS DIXON, with […]

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CA Supreme Court Provides Key CEQA Guidance Regarding Categorical Exemptions

CA Supreme Court Provides Key CEQA Guidance Regarding Categorical Exemptions A Wendel Rosen Client Update 03/03/2015 The California Supreme Court issued a long-awaited ruling regarding categorical exemptions under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) reversing a court of appeal decision that would have sharply curtailed the use of such exemptions and made them easier to […]

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Notice of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking – Prohibition of Activities and Mandatory Actions During the Drought Emergency

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. This message is to notify interested parties of the availability of the attached Proposed Emergency Regulations pertaining to the Prohibition of Activities and Mandatory Actions During the Drought Emergency; Notice of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking;  and Emergency Regulations Digest. This item will be considered at […]

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CA Land Use & Development Law Report: Council Member Barred From Considering Own Appeal

The California Land Use & Development Law Report Legal Commentary on Planning and Development   We’ve posted an article to our California Land Use & Development Law Report on a development that we think will be of interest to you. Our report publishes articles on recent legal and policy developments in the field of land […]

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Pacific Maritime Magazine News Online for March 6, 2015

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION   INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE  113th Congress Addresses Arctic Maritime Transportation Needs By Craig H. Allen Sr. On December 18, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 (CGMTA). The Act authorized just over $8.7 billion in fiscal year 2015 appropriations […]

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Wells Fargo Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary – March 6, 2015

Wells Fargo Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary – March 6, 2015 – Plenty of Momentum in the Labor Market Nonfarm payrolls added 295,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate dropped to 5.5 percent. Gains were broad-based, but average hourly earnings barely grew. The strong payroll number bodes well for consumer spending, which continued to […]

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Bank of the West U.S. Outlook Report for March 6, 2015

US Outlook Report: Insights from the Beige Book Report Usually the Beige Book report from the Federal Reserve is a pretty boring read, largely a descriptive analysis of various regions and sectors of our economy. Economists often end up just counting up the positive to negative words to gauge any new insights on the Fed’s […]

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