The 2016 Legislative Session began on January 4th and all bills for the year have now been introduced. The Legislative Review Team will be meeting on March 18th to take positions on these bills and begin lobbying efforts. Based on our initial re...
January 21, 2016
SACRAMENTO,CA – The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has identified 21 groundwater basins and subbasins in which excessive groundwater pumping has resulted in significant overdraft. Overdraft impacts can include seawater...
Hear about the wireless “shot clocks” and the “deemed granted” processes imposed on California local governments through the FCC’s 2009 and 2014 rulings, AB 57 (which becomes effective 1/1/16), and Section 6409.
AB 57 creates an "au...
The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research has released a new draft of its environmental goals and policy report. The support for California’s climate change goals are outlined in A Strategy for California @ 50 Million. The strategy ...
The 2015 Legislative Session ended on September 11, 2015. The Governor now has until October 11th to sign or veto all bills that made it to his desk.
Click here to view the Legislative Update....
Surgeon General Murthy will be launching a Call to Action on Promoting Walking and Walkable Communities on September 9th at 10:00 a.m. ET.
The Call to Action will highlight the significant health burden that exists in the U.S. today due to ph...
Legislators have left for summer recess and will be returning August 17th for the last, and busiest, month of the 2015 Session. The Legislative Review Teams held a conference call on August 5th to discuss hot bills still moving through the legis...
The final draft of the Sea Level Rise Policy Guidance document has been posted by the California Coastal Commission. The guidance notes that it is an advisory document and not a legal standard. It includes recommendations for addressing sea leve...
