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Water Law Updates

Water Law Update - July 2008
In a Landmark Case Interpreting Proposition 218, the California Supreme Court Expands the Judiciary's Role in Reviewing the Adequacy of Local Benefit Assessments

Water Law Update - July 2008
Judge Wanger Denies a Request for Emergency Relief to Immediately Open the Red Bluff Diversion Dam Gates

Water Law Update - June 2008
EPA Excludes Water Transfers From Clean Water Act Permit Requirements

Water Law Update - June 2008
California Supreme Court Upholds CALFED Environmental Impact Report

Water Law Update - April 2008
Federal Court Invalidates Another Biological Opinion Addressing the Impacts of Central Valley Project and State Water Project Operations on Fish

Water Law Update - April 2008
Court of Appeal Finds Water Supply Assessments Not Actionable Until Completion of Environmental Review Process

Water Law Update - September 2007
Applying Principles from the California Supreme Court's 2007 Decision in Vineyard Area Citizens, Court of Appeals Upholds EIR Against Challenge to Water Supply Analysis

Water Law Update - May 2007
Court of Appeals Finds that Proposition 218 Applies to Groundwater Charges but Suggests that Regulatory Considerations May Limit Application of Proposition 218

Water Law Update - April 2007
Downey Brand Files Amicus Curiae Brief in SB 610 Case on Behalf of the Association of California Water Agencies

Land Use Law Update - June 2006
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Eagerly Awaited Clean Water Act Decision

Water Law Update - November/December 2005
Excerpts from Western Water Magazine's article, "It Can Happen Here: Assessing California's Flood Risk"

 

 

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