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Troutman Pepper Locke

California’s AB 550: A Blueprint for Balancing Development and Species Conservation

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California’s drive toward a net-zero carbon economy by 2045 is sparking innovative solutions to harmonize environmental conservation with infrastructure development. Assembly Bill (AB) 550, sponsored by Assembly Member...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 4.25.25

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Governor Gavin Newsom is pushing to lay the groundwork for building a $20-billion water tunnel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta before his term expires, and state water regulators are considering whether to grant a...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Permitting Reform Ramps Up in California With Introduction of ‘Housing Package’

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For years, California has often been held up as the poster child for enervating environmental regulation. A primary target of this criticism has been the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the landmark legislation...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

New Bills Aim to Protect Water Rates, Charges from Prop. 218 Litigation

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Lawmakers introduce tools to ease pressure from SGMA and infrastructure demands on public agency revenue powers - Adopted in 1996, Proposition 218 (and later Proposition 26 in 2010) amended the California Constitution to...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Revving Up: Eight States in Gear with Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Legislation

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Eight states are currently considering legislation that would require reductions in the carbon intensity of transportation fuel sold in the state, which would substantially increase the demand for renewable fuel and...more

Gray Reed

California Brings Legislative Muscle To Its Attack on Oil Drilling

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California has passed Senate Bill 1137, which will prohibit drilling of new oil and gas wells and reworking of existing wells in certain areas. Here is SB 1137 in legislativese (analysis comes first, then the text)...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Build More, Faster? Newsom Signs Infrastructure and Budget Legislation 

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On July 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a package of bills intended to accelerate critical infrastructure projects across the State aimed at achieving monumental climate and clean energy goals while...more

Snell & Wilmer

California 2023 Construction Law Highlights

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SB 674 High Roads Jobs-Transportation - This bill would establish the High “Road Jobs in Transportation – Related Public Contracts” to support the creation of equitable high-quality transportation and related manufacturing...more

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