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With the passage of Proposition 4 (Prop 4) in November 2024, California voters authorized a historic $10 billion climate bond, dedicating $3.8 billion explicitly to safe drinking water, drought preparedness and flood resilience.

On December 11, 2025, Representative Adam Gray (D-CA-13) and Representative Jim Costa (D-CA-21) announced a legislative package entitled the End California Water Crisis Package.

UPDATE: On April 21, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted the State of Kentucky's request for an administrative stay of the Biden administration's 2023 WOTUS rule.

California's Williamson Act provides a mechanism for landowners to temporarily restrict agricultural land development in exchange for favorable property tax treatment. This article examines how these contracts are created, terminated, and affected by public acquisitions, offering essential guidance for landowners, public agencies, and eminent domain practitioners navigating the intersection of farmland preservation and public infrastructure projects.

In California, if certain statutory requirements are met, public entities can be afforded immunity from liability arising from the design of a public works project. However, public entities should be aware that the rise of alternative delivery methods may impact the availability of the design immunity defense.

The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) has come under scrutiny amid calls for reform or elimination, but wholesale changes could undermine critical transparency mechanisms in foreign lobbying.

As we have previously reported, on December 6, the Biden Administration released the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), which lists the regulatory...

In October 2023, we warned our readers of a new nightmare – beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).

This is the fifth in a series of six eAlerts on the Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2024 ...

The California Fish and Game Commission has unanimously designated Bendire's thrasher and LeConte's thrasher as candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act, triggering full CESA...

On February 12, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a final rule creating new permitting pathways and revising existing regulations...

A recent California First District Court of Appeal decision, Futterman v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., has shed light on potential liabilities for noncompliance with the State's mental health parity requirements.

Appraising a property being acquired through eminent domain involves a number of unique valuation rules, including highest and best use, larger parcel, date of value, and unique evidentiary restrictions on comparable sales...

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Public utilities rely on access to private and public land to build and maintain essential infrastructure.

On January 15, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule titled "Updating the Water Quality Certification Regulations" (Proposed Rule).

Together, these federal developments create a meaningful window for utilities to strengthen cybersecurity readiness, update ERPs and reengage with federal and state technical assistance programs.

On July 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a petition for rehearing in 68th Street Site Work Group v. Alban Tractor Co., Inc., et al., 4th Cir., No. 23-01155...