Real Property Law
Cal. Real. Prop. Journal 2014, Vol. 32, No. 4
Content
- Title Quandaries Created by Foreclosures During the Great Recession
- Real Estate Fraud Claims and Criminal Prosecution
- Table of Contents
- California Real Property Journal
- Message from the Chair
- California Mandates Groundwater Regulation Through Local "Sustainability Plans" Starting in 2020
- McLe Self-Study Article: Which Remedy: Partition by Division or Partition by Sale?
- Legislative Update: the California Energy Commission Postpones Implementation of the Final Phase of the Energy Disclosure Requirements (Ab 1103) for Buildings of 5,000 to 10,000 Square Feet
- 2014-2015 Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section
- Real Property Law Section Subsection Chairs and Standing Committee Chairs 2014-2015
California Mandates Groundwater Regulation Through Local "Sustainability Plans" Starting in 2020
By Eric Robinson
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I. INTRODUCTION: TO AVOID DIRECT STATE REGULATION, LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY AGENCIES WILL IMPOSE PUMPING REDUCTIONS, WELL MONITORING, FEES, OR OTHER MEASURES
Unregulated development and use of groundwater is finished in California. As the state endured a third consecutive year of drought, the end of what some decried as a "Wild West" approach to groundwater use came on September 16, 2014, when Governor Brown signed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (the "Act").1