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Government,
Environmental & Energy

Dec. 20, 2019

California heads into the next decade with over 100 new environmental laws

In 2019, the California Legislature had another busy year working on new environmental and natural resource bills.

Monica Browner

Associate
Downey Brand LLP

Monica is an associate in the firm's Natural Resources department.

Steven H. Goldberg

Partner
Downey Brand LLP

Phone: (916) 444-1000

Email: sgoldberg@downeybrand.com

Steve is one of the leading go-to environmental litigation and compliance attorneys in California.

Meghan Quinn

Senior Associate
Downey Brand LLP

Email: mquinn@downeybrand.com

Meghan focuses her practice on Clean Water Act and Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act compliance, enforcement, and litigation. Meghan's water quality practice extends to site remediation issues implicated by emerging contaminants, with a particular focus on groundwater contamination.

California heads into the next decade with over 100 new environmental laws
President Donald Trump speaks with Governor Gavin Newsom as they toured fire-ravaged homes in Paradise, Calif., Nov. 17, 2018. During 2019, monumental forest fires continued to devastate California. Consequently, the state sought ways to increase oversight over public utilities and help ensure compensation to fire victims. Assembly Bill 1054 was enacted to increase safety oversight for utility infrastructure, address recovery of wildfire damages, and create a state Wildfire Fund to address future wildfire damages. (New York Times News Service)

In 2019, the California Legislature had another busy year working on new environmental and natural resource bills. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed over 100 new laws related to climate change and curtailing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing reliance on fossil fuels, recycling, water quality and funding to support these efforts. Several new laws seek to combat federal roll backs of environmental protections. The Legislature did not pass, and Newsom refused to sign, certain pr...

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