03.16.22
A mammoth case out of Lake Tahoe affirms a new environmental review obligation for project proponents: Why can’t you do solar?
01.26.22
The Idaho family that upended the Obama administration’s wetlands regime in the Supreme Court is back, much to the dismay of the Biden administration.
12.16.20
Sprinting to finalize yet another significant species regulation while still in power, the Trump administration today finalized its adoption of a regulatory definition of “habitat” for purposes of species protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.
12.04.20
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the release of a new regional Stay-at-Home Order in response to increases in rates of new COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths across the state.
09.29.20
Yesterday, Governor Newsom signed AB 1561 (Garcia/Greyson) extending most residential entitlements for 18 months.
04.29.20
Effective May 4, 2020, construction projects throughout the Bay Area may recommence, subject to specified protocols.
04.22.20
As promised, California Governor Gavin Newsom provided an update on reopening the California economy in his daily press conference: There is no answer to “when?”
04.21.20
As organized protests at the Capitol and elsewhere in California called for reopening the California economy, and as other governors promised business reopenings this week, Governor Newsom made clear he is not yet prepared to relax California’s stay-at-home mandate.
04.02.20
As California Governor Gavin Newsom reported preliminary, encouraging signs that his “stay at home” order is slowing the spread of COVID-19, Bay Area leaders acted to further restrict the number and types of employees who can go to work notwithstanding Governor Newsom’s ...
03.21.20
Governor Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home Executive Order N-33-20 adopted on March 19, 2020 (Order, a link to which and all noted authorities herein is provided below), imposed on all of California the greatest restrictions seen nationally to date to deal with the COVID-19 crisis.