The campaign to require food labels to disclose the presence of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) suffered a setback in 2012 when California’s Proposition 37 was defeated. However, the Proposition was…
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This October, the governor approved the California law preventing the sale of consumer care products that contain plastic microbeads beginning in 2020. The ban on the microscopic beads is intended…
The objective of Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 is to allocate funding for the purposes of developing reliable water supplies, maintaining crucial living…
State agencies cannot legally refuse to contribute to mitigation programs under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in the event that the Legislature has not designated funds for mitigation actions…
In 2011, state legislators announced their objective to reduce, recycle or compost 75 percent of items that would otherwise be trash by the year 2020. While California has fallen short…
Governor Brown’s Executive Order aimed at reducing water use by 25 percent calls for drastic changes in the ways California’s cities and towns utilize their water sources. Urban water agencies…
In an effort to implement the goals of Governor Brown’s Executive Order (Order) on April 1, 2015 mandating a reduction in water usage across the state of California, two new…
Plastic Pollution Coalition, a non-profit environmental group, has spent months targeting approximately 3000 plastic product manufacturers in California in an effort to prohibit the sale of plastic products containing microbeads….
Commercial leases generally contain provisions restricting the tenant’s right to sublease or assign his interest in the commercial property without the consent of the landlord. The California Civil Code provides…
Residential owners and tenants should be familiar with specific clauses that seek to eliminate protections afforded to tenants by California law. Under California’s Civil Code, certain provisions in a residential…