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9th Circuit Extends Federal Law to Farmers of ‘Deep Ripping'

Oct 1, 2001

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 16 No. 10 Oct 2001

In a 2-1 ruling, a Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel has ruled that federal agencies have the authority under the Clean Water Act to regulate "deep ripping" of wetlands by farmers.

Viability of Los Angeles Secessions Caught in Complex Numbers Game

Oct 1, 2001

Insight, Los Angeles, Vol. 16 No. 10 Oct 2001, William Fulton

You learn in school that planning is about vision, but in the real world planning usually boils down to numbers ï¿½ numbers about what's going to happen in the future. But you can never really know what's going to happen in the future. The best you can do is guess.

Landfill Buffer Upheld Despite Lack of Supporting Evidence in Record

Oct 1, 2001

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 16 No. 10 Oct 2001

A general plan requirement that placed a one-mile buffer on private land around a landfill in Placer County was supported by evidence in the record even though there appeared to be no scientific basis for it, the Third District Court of Appeal has ruled.

Court Sends Rent Review Case Back To City

Oct 1, 2001

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 16 No. 10 Oct 2001

An appellate court has ordered the City of Concord's Rent Review Board to reconsider a request for rent increases filed by the owner of two mobile home parks.

Governor Signs Land Use Legislation

Oct 1, 2001

Featured Articles, Paul Shigley, Vol. 16 No. 10 Oct 2001

Gov. Gray Davis completed the 2001 legislative year by signing every high-profile planning bill that hit his desk. Davis signed a bill that severely curtails the use of lot line adjustments and certificates of compliance in creating subdivisions. He approved a three-package bill that forces a closer link between planning and water availability. The governor also signed a $2.6 billion park bond initiative that will appear on the March ballot, and a measure that allows redevelopment agencies to extend thei