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Riverside County Showdown: Environmental Groups vs. Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Groups Move for Summary Judgment in Suit Against Federal Highway Administration Environmental groups recently filed for summary judgment, alleging that the Federal Highway Administration (“FHWA”) failed to consider community impacts or less harmful alternatives prior to approving a $1.7 billion highway project, the Mid County Parkway (“MCP”), in Riverside County. The Center for Biological […]

California: Water Is For Fish Not Farmers

California: Water Is For Fish Not Farmers State regulators are moving to leave more water in two of the biggest rivers in California in an effort to preserve the native ecosystem of the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. While California farmers’ water allocations have been reduced, San Francisco water officials have […]

Enviros Make Bid to Intervene In Mineral Leases

Environmental Groups Seek to Intervene in Mineral Lease Sale Lawsuit This week in New Mexico, nine environmental groups asked a federal judge for permission to intervene in a law suit between Western Energy Alliance (“WEA”), an oil and gas industry group, and the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”). WEA challenges the agency, arguing that BLM […]

California Rep. Asks FERC to Remove Klamath Dam

Rep. Huffman of California Asks FERC to Approve Klamath Dam Removal On October 12th, Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., Ranking Member on the Water Power, and Oceans Subcommitte on the House Committee on Natural Resources, sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), urging FERC to approve applications which would allow the transfer of […]

Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Approved By Federal and State Agencies

First Phase of Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Approved By Federal and State Agencies Last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management and the California Energy Commission signed the first phase of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (“Plan”), which approved revisions of a sprawling renewable energy and conservation plan for […]

California Supreme Court Upholds Suction Mining Moratorium

California Supreme Court Upholds Suction Mining Moratorium On Monday, the California Supreme Court upheld California’s moratorium on suction dredging for gold. Suction dredging is a small-scale mining practice in which matter is removed from the bottom of waterways, minerals are extracted, and the residue is returned to the water. In 2009, the California state legislature […]

When Will Affordable Housing Advocates Push For More Supply, Fewer Rules?

When Will Affordable Housing Advocates Push For More Supply, Fewer Rules? A Forbes magazine article highlighted what is perhaps the largest affordable housing solution that everyone should know, but no one talks about–especially here in California: If you increase the supply of something, the cost goes down.  Hence, if home prices are too high, increase […]

Mitchell Chadwick Helps Win Approval of Largest Mitigation Bank in California

Mitchell Chadwick Helps Win Approval of Largest Mitigation Bank in California Mitchell Chadwick LLP, working with Land Veritas, owner of the Petersen Ranch Mitigation Bank and WRA, Inc. are pleased to announce that the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the California Department of […]

CA Court of Appeal: Mitigation Bank “Highest and Best Use” In Eminent Domain

California Court of Appeal Decision Leaves Room for Mitigation Bank as a “Highest and Best Use” for Eminent Domain Purposes In County of Santa Barbara v. Double H Properties, LLC, the Court of Appeal for the Second District considered whether the trial court properly excluded evidence indicating that a condemned piece of property was worth […]

Federal Government Hopes to End Idaho’s Challenge to Sage Grouse Plan

Federal Government Hopes to End Idaho’s Challenge to Sage Grouse Plan The U.S. government recently asked a federal judge to toss Idaho’s challenge to the Department of Interior’s (“DOI”) measures designed to protect the habitat and support the population of the greater sage grouse. Idaho has filed suit challenging the DOI’s land-use plan amendments, final […]

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