In Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. County of Monterey (2023) 15 Cal.5th 135, the California Supreme Court held that Measure Z, a local ordinance banning certain oil production methods, was preempted by state law governing the regulation of oil wells.
Measure Z was sponsored by Protect Monterey County (PMC) and passed by Monterey County
In Anderson v. County of Santa Barbara (2023) 94 Cal.App.5th 554 (Anderson), the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s grant of a preliminary injunction that barred Santa Barbara County from removing unpermitted encroachments from a public right-of-way. In reversing the preliminary injunction, the Court held that the petitioners would
On June 23rd, the Fourth District published Save Our Access v. City of San Diego (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th 819, holding that a city’s approval of a ballot measure to remove the 30-foot Coastal Zone height limit in a community planning area required further environmental review. The Court concluded that the program EIR