This blog provides important updates to the analysis in our prior blog addressing the impact on workers in the construction materials industry of Governor Newsom’s March 19, 2020 Executive Order N-33-20 (“Order”) mandating, subject to certain exceptions, that “all individuals living in the State of California to stay home.” For background,…
On March 19, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-33-20 (“Order”) “ordering all individuals living in the State of California to stay home or at their place of residence”. As discussed below, the Order allows workers in certain industry sectors to continue working. There are several categories of workers who…
An Overview of CalCIMA’s Current Judicial, Legislative, and Regulatory Activities by Kerry Shapiro, General Counsel to CalCIMA and Chair of JMBM’s Natural Resources and Mining Group and Martin Stratte This article was first published in the Summer 2019 issue of The Conveyor, a publication of the California Construction and Industrial…
On May 1, 2019, Petitioner San Joaquin Tributaries Authority, a Joint Powers Authority (Petitioner/Authority) filed a petition for writ of mandate in Sacramento County Superior Court against the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). The Authority includes the City and County of San Francisco as petitioners. The petition challenges SWRCB’s…
On April 25, 2019, the California Construction and Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA) filed a petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief (“Petition”) in Ventura County Superior Court challenging the County of Ventura’s approval of a proposed “Habitat Connectivity and Wildlife Corridor” Project and its implementing…
By Kerry Shapiro Last week, President Trump signed an executive order with potentially wide-ranging implications for the mining industry and many other affected stakeholders. The order directs the Department of the Interior (DOI) to review national monuments, particularly those larger than 100,000 acres, that were designated since January 1, 1996,…
BLM releases maps showing 1.3 million acres of proposed mining withdrawal On January 13, 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) released maps showing the areas that BLM, on December 28, 2016, proposed to withdraw from mining. The withdrawal is designed to “protect nationally significant landscapes with outstanding cultural,…
California Mining Update AB 1142 and SB 209: What operators need to know about SMARA modernization Changes will be effective January 1, 2017 by Kerry Shapiro This article was first published in The Conveyor magazine, a publication of CalCIMA. On April 18, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law two…
California Mining Update AB 1142 and SB 209: What lead agencies need to know about SMARA Modernization Changes will be effective January 1, 2017 by Kerry Shapiro On April 18, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law two bills that together provide the most significant update to the California…
On September 25, 2014, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 52 (“AB 52”), which modifies the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) to add new protections for Native American cultural resources and enhances the role of Native American tribes in the environmental review process. AB 52 is a significant amendment to CEQA…