On February 18, 2021, the First Appellate District issued an opinion in
Sweeny et al. v. California Regional Water Quality Control Bd., San Francisco Bay Region et al. (Case No. A153583) (“
Sweeny”). The opinion is much anticipated given its relevance to the continued validity of the State Water Resources Control Board’s recently adopted State Procedures for Discharges of Dredged and Fill Material (“Procedures”). The Appellate Court reversed the lower court in the entirety, substantially deferring to the actions and prosecutorial discretion of the State Water Resources Control Board (“State Water Board”) and San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (“Regional Water Board”, collectively, “Water Boards”) based on application of a revised standard of review. Importantly, according to the court, the appropriate interpretation of the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act’s (“Porter-Cologne Act”) definition of waste provides the Water B
Focus The San Mateo Daily Journal – February 19
Nearly 60 Bay Area political leaders and organizations last Tuesday asked the Biden administration to protect Redwood City’s salt ponds, owned by Cargill, Inc., from future development by withdrawing a Trump era appeal of a court ruling deeming them federally protected “waters of the United States.” On October 5, 2020, Judge William Alsup, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, ruled that the 1,400 acres fell under the protection of the federal Clean Water Act, overturning a 2019 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision finding the salt ponds exempt from the Act as “fast lands.” Cargill, and its developer partner, DMB Pacific Ventures, which hope to develop the property, intend to pursue an appeal of Judge Alsup’s ruling regardless of whether EPA’s appeal moves forward.
FAIRFIELD Police announced the arrest Tuesday of the woman they suspect is responsible for the death of an 81-year-old woman during a hit-and-run incident last fall.
The arrest ends a four-month investigation that took investigators to Texas.
Namie Stewart of Fairfield was run down shortly before
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Parole board denies release for convicted Solano rapist
VALLEJO A California parole board this week denied the release of a man who was convicted in 1995 of attempted murder and rape and sentenced to 63 years in prison by a Solano County Superior Court judge.
Renako Ayers was denied parole Wednesday, the Solano County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement released Thursday.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Sharon Henry opposed Ayers’ release at the hearing, arguing he “poses a high risk for future violence if released on parole,” the statement said.
The Parole Board denied his request, “finding that he does currently pose an unreasonable risk to the community should he be released,” the statement said.