In January 2016, the United States General Accountability Office released the results of a study which analyzed how much time it takes federal agencies to approve hardrock mining operations on public land. Between 2010 and 2014, the GAO studied how m…
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On January 26, 2016, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors adopted the first comprehensive local commercial medical marijuana land use ordinance under the State Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (“MMRSA”). The County’s “Commercia…
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As we detailed in a prior post here, on October 9, 2015, Governor Brown signed into law three bills (AB 243, AB 266 and SB 643) that together establish a comprehensive state regulatory system for the commercial cultivation, processing, manufacturing,…
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In an open letter to local government leaders, Assembly Member Jim Wood announced that “an inadvertent drafting error” has caused local governments to “scramble” to enact local regulations permitting the commercial cultivation of medical cann…
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In a pair of cases involving railroad transloading activities, the First Circuit Court of Appeal confirmed that federal law preempts state and local regulation of rail transportation, but remanded one of the cases back to the Surface Transportation B…
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The California Construction and Industrial Materials Association has honored four Californians who work in the aggregates, ready mixed concrete and industrial materials industry in the state. CalCIMA gave out four member awards at its annual Member R…
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COURT UPHOLDS CEQA BASELINE THAT RECOGNIZES FLUCTUATING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS North County Advocates v. City of Carlsbad (2015) — Cal.App.4th — In 2010, the California Supreme Court’s opinion in Communities for a Better Environment v. Sou…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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