Friends and Colleagues,
Since its launch, The Levee Was Dry has served as a forum for commentary on flood risk and floodplain management. As the legal and policy issues shaping California’s and the United States’ water landscape continue to evolve,
Meet Edward Nowakoski. Once a practicing attorney and trustee, he is now disbarred, on criminal probation, and has paid more than $542,000 in restitution. The final cherry on top? An additional $399,681 civil penalty from the probate court.
That final
If you’ve ever cracked open the California Probate Code and thought, “There has to be a translator for this,” you’re not alone. Between dense statutory language, cross-references that send you in circles, and provisions that seem written for a different
We have all been there, staring at our recent credit card statement, fuming over a subscription charge we swear we canceled. We sent an email! We called the customer service line! We clicked that little “unsubscribe” link at the bottom
In City of Vallejo v. City of American Canyon (Case No. C102070), the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment rejecting a neighbor city’s CEQA challenge to the Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) for the 2.4 million-square-foot Giovannioni
In Krovoza v. City of Davis (2025) 117 Cal.App.5th 623, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s denial of a writ petition challenging the City of Davis’s use of categorical exemptions under the California Environmental Quality Act
Next week is the final deadline to sign up to take one of the October 2025 Legal Specialist Examinations that are administered by the State Bar of California. In advance of the October 1, 2025, final registration deadline, Trust on Trial
On July 28, 2025, the Director of Civil Works for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Eddie Belk, issued guidance for analyzing induced flooding. This guidance is intended to help USACE Districts and Divisions in managing an analysis
Much is discussed every year in the Legislature about how the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) needs reform. But the calls for change nearly always fail, aside from a few tinkering changes. This year is different. Via some deft political
In Citizens for a Better Eureka v. City of Eureka (2025) __ Cal. App. 5th __, the First District Court of Appeal affirmed a judgment dismissing a CEQA action that challenged an approval for the redevelopment of a City of
