The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday ordered a nationwide stay on the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) and Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) new “Clean Water Rule” concernin… Read More

Mark Harrison was recently recognized by the Sacramento Business Journal for its “Best of the Bar” feature for 2015. Click here to view a downloadable copy of Mark’s writeup. Read More

Keep Our Mountains Quiet v. Co. of Santa Clara (236 Cal.App.4th 714) In Keep Our Mountains Quiet v. Co. of Santa Clara, the Sixth District Court of Appeal held that compliance with a noise ordinance does not necessarily bar a “fair argument” of s… Read More

Siskiyou County Farm Bureau v. Department of Fish and Wildlife (2015) — Cal.App.4th — The Third District Court of Appeal recently held that the plain meaning of Fish and Game Code section 1602 requires notification to the California Depar… Read More

Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley 2015 WL 855725 In a widely anticipated decision, the California Supreme Court has overturned the First District Court of Appeals decision in Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley (2012)… Read More

The 2015-2016 legislative session is settling in now that the February 27 deadline to introduce new legislation has passed. Three bills propose amendments to the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (“SMARA”). 1. SB 209. The first, SB 209, is autho… Read More

California’s Third District Court of Appeal confirmed – perhaps to no-one’s great surprise – that California’s Governor is not a “public agency” whose decisions are subject to CEQA review. Read More

The Second District Court of Appeal held recently that the County of Ventura abused its discretion when it failed to prepare a supplemental EIR for a project that was built materially different than described in the EIR. This case highlights the pitf… Read More