Category: Public Policy

Miller Starr Regalia’s Land Use & CEQA Developments Monthly Update

Miller Starr Regalia’s Land Use & CEQA Developments Monthly Update     March 2018 Land Use Developments March 6, 2018 – U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Requesting Reconsideration of Williamson County’s Unfair and Unworkable State Court Exhaustion Requirement March 21 2018 – Another Day, Another Challenge to Local Zoning of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Goes Down in Smoke CEQA […]

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Trump: ‘We probably have to wait until after the election’ to pass infrastructure bill’

Trump: ‘We probably have to wait until after the election’ Hannah Northey and Nick Sobczyk, E&E News reporters Published: Thursday, March 29, 2018 President Trump visited Richfield, Ohio, today to discuss his plan for investing in the nation’s infrastructure. C-SPAN President Trump conceded that the “biggest, boldest infrastructure plan” he pitched in rural Ohio may not make it […]

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WOTUS – Judge restarts N.D. suit in wake of Supreme Court decision

CLEAN WATER RULE Judge restarts N.D. suit in wake of Supreme Court decision Amanda Reilly, E&E News reporter Published: Monday, March 26, 2018   A North Dakota federal court will resume hearing litigation over the Obama administration’s Clean Water Rule following an order Friday by a magistrate judge.   Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal granted states’ […]

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The Hill: Spending bill includes major wildfire overhaul

The spending bill Congress is considering includes a major, bipartisan effort to overhaul how the U.S. government spends money to fight wildfires on federal land. The provision in the omnibus appropriations bill, released publicly late Wednesday, is meant to cut down on a practice known as “fire borrowing” in which agencies like the Forest Service and Bureau […]

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US Army Corps of Engineers Public Notice: SPK-2015-01087, Programmatic Agreement Development

SPK-2015-01087, Programmatic Agreement Development Posted: 3/13/2018 Expiration date: 3/13/2018 Comments Period: March 12, 2018 – April 13, 2018 SUBJECT: The Regulatory Program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Districts (Districts) proposes to develop a programmatic agreement (PA) as a program alternative for compliance with Section 106 of […]

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CA State Lands Commission Meeting Notice for February 27, 2018

  Greetings: The next meeting of the California State Lands Commission will occur on February 27, 2018 at 2 PM in Oakland, with an additional site in Rancho Palos Verdes to observe and testify. To view agenda, please visit: http://www.slc.ca.gov/Meetings/02-27-18/Agenda.htm If you have any questions about this agenda, please email us atCSLC.CommissionMeetings@slc.ca.gov.

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