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California Supreme Court Overrules Chevron-like Deference For Review of Decisions of California Public Utilities Commission

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On August 7, 2025, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Center For Biological Diversity v. California Public Utilities Commission. The decision reversed the decision of a lower appellate court which had...more

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California Supreme Court Clarifies Standard of Review for CPUC Decisions

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On August 7, 2025, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Center for Biological Diversity, Inc. v. Public Utilities Commission (Cal., Aug. 7, 2025, No. S283614), 2025 WL 2253765 (Center for Biological Diversity)....more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

The Price of Water Just Got More Complicated: San Diego’s Legal Battle Over Tiered Rates

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On July 30, 2025, a divided California Court of Appeal issued its long-awaited opinion in Patz v. City of San Diego, affirming the trial court’s judgment that the City’s tiered residential water rates violated Proposition 218...more

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Legislatively Enacted Fees Have Another Day in Court

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On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, the California Court of Appeal heard argument in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado. You may recall that the California Court of Appeal previously held that legislatively enacted development impact fees...more

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Recoverability of State Response Costs to Be Determined Under an Arbitrary and Capricious Standard of Review Limited to the...

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On May 30, the United States District Court for the Central District of California determined that judicial review of whether state response costs are recoverable under Section 107(a)(4)(A) of the Comprehensive Environmental...more

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California Challenges Interior’s Trust Acquisition for Koi Nation Casino

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Earlier this month, the State of California (the State) and Governor Gavin Newsom filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California seeking to vacate the Department of the Interior’s (the...more

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California Supreme Court Takes Up Utility Take-Over Standard of Review Dispute

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We previously reported on the recent California Court of Appeal district split as to what standard of review should apply in utility takeover condemnation cases as it pertains to more necessary public use challenges, and...more

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