Referendum that repeals zoning ordinance cannot be knocked off the ballot of a city has the ability to quickly reconcile the inconsistency. >>read more
U.S. Bureau of Land Management under the Trump administration have taken the first step of opening 1.6 million acres of California public land to fracking and conventional oil drilling >>read more
The Legislative Analyst’s Office summarizedProposition 10, the proposed measure that would expand local governments' authority to enact rent control >>read more
In a blow to enviromentalists, appellate court says groundwater supply issues must be dealt with under state groundwater act, not well permits designed to deal with water quality. >>read more