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Vehicle Code Prohibits City from Indirectly Charging Solid Waste Trucks for Use of Roadway

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On August 20, 2025, the California Supreme Court denied review of a Court of Appeal decision finding that the City of Redlands charged an impermissible fee for the privilege of using local roads by embedding street repair...more

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Putting Regulations to the Test: California Taxpayers Cleared to Challenge Regulations in OTA Appeals

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The California Attorney General has confirmed the Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) may decline to apply a tax regulation in a taxpayer appeal if it conflicts with the relevant statute. OTA must afford appropriate deference to the...more

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Catch-All Provision in County Application Checklist Violated Permit Streamlining Act

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A Court of Appeal held that a provision in the County of Amador’s checklist for an encroachment permit requiring "[o]ther information as may be required" violated the Permit Streamlining Act. Old Golden Oaks LLC v. County of...more

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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 Office of Tax Appeals Cleared To Consider Whether Tax Regulations Conflict With Statutes

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The California Attorney General (AG) recently issued Legal Opinion No. 23-701 stating that the California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) has the authority to determine whether tax regulations issued by the Franchise Tax Board...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

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California’s 2025 CEQA Reforms: Impacts and Ambiguities with New Housing and More

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In an effort to tackle California’s persistent housing shortage and accelerate infrastructure development, California has enacted the most substantial reform to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in decades and...more

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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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Challenging the Industrial Exodus: Legal Lessons from Santa Ana’s Planning Reboot

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The City of Santa Ana (City) has recently undertaken an ambitious — and highly controversial — effort to reshape the landscape of its historically industrial-centric Transit Zoning Code (TZC) district. Through the adoption of...more

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Third District Holds County Could Require Supplemental Environmental Information From Grading Permit Applicant As Condition of...

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Like a gift to land use lawyers that never stops giving, the strange and wondrous interrelationship between CEQA and the Permit Streamlining Act (“PSA”; Gov. Code, § 65920 et seq) continues to inspire litigation and require...more

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Client Alert: US Supreme Court Rules Against EPA in Clean Water Act Permitting Dispute

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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the City and County of San Francisco in a case against the US Environmental Protection Agency involving the scope of the Clean Water Act. See City & Cty. of San Francisco v. Environmental...more

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