California Land Use & Development Law Report

California Land Use & Development Law Report
California Land Use & Development Law Report offers insights into legal issues relating to development and use of land and federal, state and local permitting and approval processes.

July 11, 2016
Fish and Wildlife Service Agrees to Deadline for Monarch Butterfly Listing Decision
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to decide by June 30, 2019, whether to list the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act.

July 11, 2016
How Developers Can Help Save the Monarch Butterfly (and Why They Should)


July 1, 2016
Court of Appeal Rejects Claim That Sustainable Communities Strategies May Rely on Statewide GHG Reduction Mandates

July 1, 2016
Quieting title to groundwater rights does not necessarily require quantification of prescriptive losses

June 23, 2016
Indian Gaming Act and NEPA Irreconcilable, Ninth Circuit Rules

June 13, 2016
Fish and Wildlife Service Reissues 30-Year Eagle Take Rule

June 1, 2016
County Board May Not Take Actions That Implement Essential Feature of a Referended Ordinance

June 1, 2016
Wetlands Jurisdictional Determinations are Final Agency Actions Subject to Immediate Judicial Review

May 27, 2016
Court Blocks Implementation of Level 3 School Fees

May 26, 2016
State Allocation Board Approves Level 3 Fees -- CBIA Seeks Injunction

May 25, 2016
Ordinance Prohibiting Mobile Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Was Not a “Project” Under CEQA

April 5, 2016
Wetland Jurisdictional Determinations: Reviewable or Not?

April 4, 2016
Ninth Circuit Rules Navy Satisfied NEPA in Considering Potential Terrorist Threat to San Diego Facility

March 30, 2016
Inadvertent Disclosure of Documents Under the Public Records Act Does Not Waive the Attorney-Client Privilege
The California Supreme Court has resolved a significant split among California appellate courts regarding whether inadvertent disclosure of documents in response to a Public Records Act request results in waiver of the attorney-client privilege pursuant to section 6254.5 of the Act.

February 29, 2016