The California Land Use & Development Law Report Legal Commentary on Planning and Development California Supreme Court Broadly Construes Municipal Powers to Enact Affordable Housing Measures In a case closely watched by home builders, low-income housing advocates, and cities and counties throughout the state, the California Supreme Court has strongly endorsed inclusionary […]
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NBC News: What Cuts to California Water Rights Mean, For Now Capital Public Radio News: California Drought: State Agency Revises Rules On Grass Kern Golden Empire: Impacts of new groundwater legislation Los Angeles Times: California water board to growers: Stop pumping Stockton Record: Mountain House water source dries up Yahoo Finance: California water fight raises free market issues RT: Liquid treasure: Water […]
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Everyone needs to deal with the drought BY JOHN A. COLEMAN AND KATHY TIEGS Published in The Sacramento Bee, June 15, 2015 There is nothing like an epic drought to get Californians talking about water. Wherever you go these days, people are discussing the latest news on water restrictions and sharing advice for reducing use over […]
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ACWA Outreach Alert June 15, 2015 Letters, Calls Needed on Trailer Bill to Restructure Drinking Water Program Fees Opposition Letters Needed to Stop Proposal That Would Repeal Existing Safeguards ACWA is working with a coalition of public water agencies and investor-owned water utilities to stop budget trailer bill language that would restructure the current […]
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New York Times: California Cuts Farmers’ Share of Scant Water Sacramento Bee: Gov. Jerry Brown pushes budget measure to consolidate water agencies New York Times: California’s Water Czar, Part Empathetic Confessor and Part Friendly Scold Associated Press: In California, nearly ironclad decades-old water rights halted amid lingering drought Modesto Bee: Governor should reduce water to fisheries, environment, county officials say […]
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Please, click here to access the revised agenda for the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Meeting on June 16-17, 2015. Change Sheet #1 for Item 7 (LA MS4 Permit)
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Associated Press: California water wasters beware: #DroughtShaming is on the rise Associated Press: California tries to save salmon in Wine Country creeks Los Angeles Times: State attorney general challenges ruling against tiered water rates NPR: Some Answers To Your Questions About California Water Use Mercury News: California drought: El Niño continues to build, bringing increased chances of a wet winter […]
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The California Regional Water Quality Control Board will be hold another “Evaluation of the Municipal and Domestic Supply (MUN) Beneficial Use in Agriculturally Dominated Surface Water Bodies” stakeholder meeting in early August. This next meeting will focus primarily on the Monitoring/Surveillance component of the Region-wide MUN Evaluation Process basin plan amendment. The meeting will revisit Controlled Recirculating […]
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- onJune 11, 2015
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San Jose Mercury News: California drought: El Niño continues to build, bringing increased chances of a wet winter San Jose Mercury News: Ocean investigators set their sights on Pacific Ocean ‘blob’ KQED: Rain in June? No Drought-Buster, But We’ll Take It The Daily Caller: Calif. Drought Results In Rotating Blame Game Los Angeles Times: Gov. Brown says ‘spaceship Earth’ […]
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The State Water Resources Control Board will consider a proposed Resolution to adopt a drought-related emergency regulation requiring enhanced water conservation and additional water user information for the protection of specific fisheries in four tributaries to the Russian River (Dutch Bill Creek, Green Valley Creek, Mark West Creek and Mill Creek) on June 17 at its June 16-17 […]
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