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Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Tuesday safeguarding victims of the Los Angeles-area fires from predatory real estate investors. The executive order is designed to protect residents in fire-ravaged zip codes...more
CARB will not penalize reporting entities for incomplete Scope 1 and 2 emissions disclosures under SB 253, irritating lawmakers and raising the specter of oversight hearings....more
On December 16, 2024, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) called for public comment on key issues related to the implementation of California’s two major climate disclosure bills, the Climate Corporate Data...more
On December 16, 2024, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) released a notice soliciting comments on a number of specific questions to inform its implementation of the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (“CCDAA”...more
As both public and private companies “doing business” in California with annual revenues above $1 billion prepare to comply with SB 253, CARB last week issued an important enforcement notice stating that it has elected to...more
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-5-24 on October 30 to address California's "affordability crisis" with respect to electricity rates. From Newsom's press release: "We're taking action to address rising...more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 29, 2024, signed California Assembly Bill 98 (AB 98) into law. This bill, which is part of California's ongoing efforts to regulate warehousing and trucking activity to reduce emissions...more
On September 27, 2024, California’s Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 219, thereby amending SB 253 (Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and SB 261 (Climate-Related Financial Risk Act). The key...more
On Sept. 27, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 219, a bill that, among other things, affirms the mandatory disclosure deadlines for California’s landmark carbon accounting laws. In addition to...more
As we previously reported, in 2023 California enacted the monumental climate disclosure laws SB 253 (the “Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act”) and SB 261 (the “Climate-Related Financial Risk Act”), with the first...more
Less than a year after their adoption, California has amended two landmark corporate climate disclosure laws. The changes come after California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed Senate Bill 219 (SB 219), which provides...more
As we previously reported in October 2023, the California legislature adopted three significant climate disclosure laws...more
All eyes are on California as we patiently await the outcome of the numerous challenges to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Climate-Related Disclosure Rules. ...more
Climate change threatens to dramatically shrink the amount of water California can deliver over the next 20 years and could significantly reduce supplies available from the State Water Project according to new projections...more
A coalition of 17 states led by Nebraska is suing California for creating ZEV standards for trucking fleets, saying the state’s rule violates the Constitution’s Commerce Clause. California’s Advanced Clean Fleets regulation,...more
On January 30, 2024, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and five co-plaintiffs representing a coalition of business groups filed a lawsuit against the state of California seeking to block the state’s new landmark climate disclosure...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law two core bills of the state's “Climate Accountability Package, Senate Bill 253 (SB 253) and Senate Bill 261 (SB 261). As they currently stand, these laws impose...more
California recently enacted two sweeping and unprecedented laws that will require virtually all large companies who do any amount of business in California in any industry or sector to disclose their direct and indirect...more
As public companies anticipate the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) final climate disclosure rules, which are expected to be released sometime fourth quarter of 2023, California has beaten the federal government...more
On Oct. 7, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law two bills—Senate Bill 253 and Senate Bill 261—that will require thousands of public and private companies doing business in California to make broad disclosures of...more
The California Legislature has sent two landmark bills to Gov. Gavin Newsom for approval that will have global repercussions. Bundled with Senate Bill (SB) 252 as part of the Climate Accountability Package, SB 253 and SB 261...more
California is an epicenter of environmental policymaking and often a harbinger of laws and regulations adopted throughout the country, and there’s no reason to think this will change in 2023. Beveridge & Diamond closely...more
The plan accelerates already ambitious climate goals for California and charts a course to carbon neutrality by 2045. On December 15, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted its Final 2022 Scoping Plan...more
On September 21, 2022 the California Energy Commission (CEC) issued its draft report of the Lithium Valley Commission, which includes 44 recommendations concerning the opportunities and challenges associated with the...more
Governor Newsom signs Senator Dodd’s affordable housing bill - Sonoma Index-Tribune – September 21 - Governor Gavin Newsom on September 19 signed into law affordable housing legislation authored by Senator Bill Dodd. Senate...more