Public Agencies Challenge Recently Adopted State Wetland Definition and Procedures for Discharges of Dredge or Fill Material to WOTS
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Continue Reading33rd Annual California Water Law & Policy Conference Downey Brand is pleased to be a sponsor of Argent Communications’ 33rd Annual California Water Law & Policy Conference on June 11-12, 2018, in San Francisco. This year’s comprehensive conference will focus on water storage projects and water planning projects. Other important issues include groundwater sustainability […]
Continue ReadingArielle O. Harris of Downey Brand LLP provided an update at the February 21st BPC Board of Directors meeting on the Sand Mining Litigation. The case involves a challenge by San Francisco Baykeeper, Inc. of leases to submerged lands in San Francisco Bay issued in 2012 by the California State Lands Commission (SLC) to private […]
Continue ReadingDowney Brand Attorneys to Speak at State Bar’s North Coast Environmental Tectonics Conference on Nov 3, 2017 Downey Brand attorneys Andrea Clark and Arielle Harris are speaking at the California State Bar, Environmental Law Section’s North Coast Environmental Tectonics Conference (“Your Voice, Your Future” – Rivers, Tribes, Cannabis and Environmental Change) on November 3, 2017 in Eureka. Andrea Clark is co-presenting on […]
Continue ReadingWaterFix EIR Certification and NOD Client Alert On Friday, July 21, 2017, the California Department of Water Resources (“DWR”) certified the Environmental Impact Report for the California WaterFix tunnels project and filed a Notice of Determination with the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. The certification and Notice of Determination bring DWR one step closer […]
Continue ReadingThe Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act: What It Means For California Employers On November 8, 2016, California legalized the recreational use of marijuana by approving Proposition 64, the “Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act” (the Act). What does the Act mean for California employers and their workplace drug policies? READ MORE […]
Continue ReadingComment Deadline Approaching on State Water Board Draft Policy on Isolated Wetlands The State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) has, at long last, issued the “final” version of the preliminary draft of its Procedures for Discharges of Dredged or Fill Materials to Waters of the State (“Preliminary Draft”), substantially modifying the Water Board permit […]
Continue ReadingAppeals Court Affirms Cadiz Valley Groundwater Project In a series of sweeping opinions, the Fourth Appellate District on Tuesday, May 10, upheld the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project against six separate challenges brought by a host of environmental organizations and a salt mining operation. Downey Brand attorneys, Christian Marsh, Kevin O’Brien, Steve […]
Continue ReadingAnnouncing CEQA Chronicles, a blog focusing on environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act CEQA practice is constantly changing, raising myriad questions for project applicants, lead agencies, and project opponents. How should greenhouse gas emissions be quantified? What are the ramifications of the shift from level of service (LOS) to vehicle miles travelled (VMT) […]
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