Legal Updates & Publications

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.

In a case published today, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers v. Superior County of Alameda County (August 27, 2007) WL 2410093, the California Supreme Court has ruled that the names and salaries of public employees are public records pursuant to the California Public.

Attorney General Determines Subdivision Map Act does not apply to conservation easements Opinion of Brown, 2007 DJDAR 12483, August 14, 2007 Background: Pursuant to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species protection program, a corporation agreed to grant to a conservation easement over a.

Two recent decisions by the California Courts of Appeal cast considerable uncertainty over how CEQA should be applied to local agencies’ real estate agreements for the use and disposition of property. In Concerned McCloud Citizens v. McCloud Community Services District (Jan. 2, 2007) 147 Cal.App.4th.