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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On September 30, 2021, certain COVID-related suspensions of filing, noticing, and posting deadlines and tribal consultation timelines mandated by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and CEQA Guidelines and certain provisions concerning the conduct of public meetings subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act and the Brown Act are set to expire. Executive Order N-08-21, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on June 11, 2021, sets an end date for these pandemic-related suspensions. Given these changes, our clients should ensur...

On May 20, 2021, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill No. 7, the “Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 20216” (the “Act”), which repealed and...

California Trout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, tax ID #23-7097680. © 2019 California Trout Inc. All Rights Reserved. 360 Pine Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, (415) 392-8887. About the Authors MEET THE AUTHORS Peter Moyle is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology and Associate Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, at UC Davis. He is author or co-author of more than 240 publications, including the definitive Inland Fishes of California (2002). He is co-author of the 2017 book, Floodplains: Processe...

Published on February 9, 2021, the Court of Appeal in Organizacion Comunidad de Alviso v. City of San Jose held that the City of San Jose’s (“City’s”) posting of a second, revised Notice of Determination (“NOD”) adequately triggered CEQA’s abbreviated, 30-day statute of limitations despite the fact that the City failed to provide a copy to the Petitioner’s representative as requested. While CEQA requires lead agencies to provide notices to those who have requested them, the Court held that the revised NOD in this instance provided constructive notice sufficient to trigger the...

San Luis Obispo County burn season ends as fire season extends May 3, 2021 By JOSH FRIEDMAN Fire officials ended San Luis Obispo County’s open burn season on Friday, a move announced as wildfire risk in California is starting earlier and lasting later into the year than in past decades. In accordance with the announcement by Cal Fire and the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department, the local Air Pollution Control District will now suspend issuing backyard burn permits until the end of fire season. All other types of burning, including agricultural burning, now require a Cal Fire burn permi...