Government in the Virtual World: A Look at Public Meetings and Hearings
The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) announced it has initiated the formal rulemaking process to amend Regulation Section 25136-2, which governs the sourcing of receipts from services and intangible property. The...more
In its recent decision in Hilltop Group Inc. v. County of San Diego, California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal issued a number of holdings that resulted in a strong ruling in support of streamlined environmental review for...more
In 2021 we wrote about the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) plans to amend regulations governing Proposition 65 (Prop 65) short-form warning labels. On May 20, 2022, however, OEHHA...more
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board will hold its third public hearing on February 3, 2023, at 10 am PST. The meeting will open with the Chairperson’s Update, during which CPPA Chairperson Jennifer...more
At its meeting on September 15, 2022, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board held a public hearing on a proposed non-emergency COVID-19 standard. The hearing and subsequent Board discussion during the meeting demonstrated that there...more
On July 8, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued updated draft regulations implementing the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) as well as a notice of proposed rulemaking, which announced public...more
Los Angeles Department of City Planning - New City Planning Application Fees Take Effect on December 27, 2021 - In the fall, the Los Angeles City Council approved a comprehensive update to the Department of City Planning’s...more
On Friday, November 12, 2021, the Association of Bay Area Government’s (“ABAG’s) Administrative Committee formally denied 27 out of 28 appeals of draft housing allocations filed by local jurisdictions within the Bay Area...more
California’s new privacy protection agency recently issued an invitation for public comments as part of its preliminary rulemaking activities for the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Introduced and passed by ballot...more