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SWRCB Funding Update: Groundwater Quality Scoping Meeting Prop 1 Groundwater & SB 445 Site Cleanup Subaccount (SCAP)

GROUNDWATER QUALITY FUNDING SCOPING MEETINGS: PROPOSITION 1 GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AND SB 445 SITE CLEANUP SUBACCOUNT PROGRAMS Scoping Meetings will be held in Fresno, Sacramento, and Southern California. Discussions will include:  State Water Board’s Groundwater Quality Funding How Proposition 1 Groundwater Sustainability and SB 445 Site Cleanup Subaccount (SCAP) funding programs work together Timeline for development […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 27, 2015
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EPA Release of Final Clean Water Rule

Clean Water Rule Protects Streams and Wetlands Critical to Public Health, Communities, and Economy Does not create any new permitting requirements and maintains all previous exemptions and exclusions Washington – In an historic step for the protection of clean water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army finalized the Clean Water Rule today […]

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California Land Use & Development Law Report: Vesting Rights Restrictions of Subdivision Map Act Do Not Bind Water District

The California Land Use & Development Law Report Legal Commentary on Planning and Development   Vesting Rights Restrictions of Subdivision Map Act Do Not Bind Water District A water district is not subject to the same vesting rights as a local agency under the Subdivision Map Act. Thus, the Subdivision Map Act does not restrict […]

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Notice of WETA Board of Directors Workshop — May 28, 2015

  WETA Board Workshop Thursday, May 28, 2015  The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority Board of Directors will meet for a Board Workshop on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the WETA offices located at Pier 9, Suite 111 on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, CA. The workshop agenda is available […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 26, 2015
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Transportation News for May 26, 2015

Sacramento Bee: Carpooling by Uber, Lyft OK’d by California Assembly  Sacramento Bee: High-speed rail and infill: A great marriage for California  San Francisco Chronicle: Climate change could overwhelm California, Obama adviser says San Jose Mercury News: California gas tax increase: Is this the year Jerry Brown pushes it through?  Sacramento Bee: Walters: California’s carbon fees generate big money  San Jose […]

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California accepts drought water deal with Delta farmers

California accepts drought water deal with Delta farmers Dale Kasler and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee In a significant breakthrough in California’s efforts to conserve water, state officials Friday agreed to a compromise measure that will reduce supplies to Delta farmers by 25 percent. The State Water Resources Control Board approved the settlement with scores of Delta […]

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The California Development and Land Use Law Report for May 22, 2015

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

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 22, 2015
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Transportation News for May 22, 2015

Oakland Tribune: San Mateo Bridge, BART weekend closures planned  San Jose Mercury News: U.S. census finally agrees: San Jose has 1 million residents  Santa Rosa Press Democrat: North Bay remains slowest-growing part of booming Bay Area  San Francisco Examiner: When it comes to moving and removing bus stops, it’s rarely a smooth ride for Muni  San Francisco Examiner: Muni to […]

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