Year: 2007

The Governor has signed a recent bill that underscores the complex legal issues surrounding preemption – the legal condition which exists when local legislation conflicts with state or federal law – and issues surrounding the current immigration debate. On Wednesday, October 10, 2007, Governor Schwarzenegger.

The California Court of Appeal recently held that provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act [1] impose upon local agencies a mandatory duty to review and respond to water quality monitoring. This decision clarifies the mandatory obligations of cities and counties, and may impact claims.

The California Court of Appeal recently ruled in Katsura v. City of San Buenaventura [1] that a city was not liable for extra work performed that was not specified in the parties’ contract but was purportedly orally authorized by a city employee. In Katsura, plaintiff.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Dible v. City of Chandler [1], found that a police department did not violate a former police officer’s First Amendment rights when it fired him for maintaining a pornographic website with videos and photographs of himself, his wife,.

In a landmark decision, a Federal Judge on August 31 ordered State and Federal water project managers to reduce the amount of water pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Currently, the Delta serves as a crossroads for the movement of water supplies to Southern.