Environmental Law
Envt'l Law News FALL 2020, VOL. 29, NO. 2
Content
- The Pandemic's Impacts on Developers and Contractors May Call for Seldom-Used Relief: An Overview of the Principles of Force Majeure, Impracticability, and Frustration of Purpose
- MCLE Self-Study Article Groundwater Recharge Projects: Considerations for Water Managers and Neighboring Landowners
- Homeless Encampments and Water Quality
- 2019-2020 Public Law Journal Editorial Board
- 2019-2020 Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section
- Environmental Law News Publications Committee
- Message from the Editors-in-Chief
- Table of Contents
- 2019-2020 Executive Committee of the Public Law Section
- 2019-2020 Environmental Law Section Executive Committee
- 2020 California Real Property Journal
- Message from the Section Chairs
- Carbon Projects and Working Forest Conservation in California
- Protecting Public Services for All Ratepayers: Proposition 218 Process After Plantier
- The California Government Claims Act: a Primer, Application to Real Property and Environmental Law Claims, and Recent California Supreme Court Decisions
Table of Contents
Messsage from the Chairs………………………………………4
By Tara Burd, Steve DeLateur, Alex Calero, and Jennifer Novak
Message from the Editors-in-Chief…………………………………..5
By Misti Schmidt, Eugene Park, and Jennifer Harder
The Pandemic’s Impacts on Developers and Contractors May Call for Seldom-Used Relief: An Overview of the Principles of Force Majeure, Impracticability, and Frustration of Purpose………………….6
By Whitney Hodges
This article addresses contractual provisions and legal doctrines that may be exercised by developers and contractors to protect their investments from project delays or increased labor costs related to unforeseen consequences.
MCLE Self-Study Article: Groundwater Recharge Projects: Considerations for Water Managers and Neighboring Landowners……………………………………..12
By Kevin W. Bursey
This article discusses groundwater recharge and banking solutions, surveys the state’s new framework for temporary recharge permits, and considers the issues that recharge and banking projects raise for landowners and groundwater managers.