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The Porter-Cologne Act (California Water Code, Section 7) was created in 1969 and is the law that governs water quality regulation in California. The legislation bears the names of legislators Carley V. Porter and Gordon Cologne. [1] It was established to be a program to protect water quality as well as beneficial uses of water.
The Unified Program was established by California Senate Bill 1082 (Calderon) in 1993. Regulations were written to implement and enforce this law and the first CUPAs were certified in 1996. There are now 81 CUPAs and 24 participating agencies (PAs) throughout California. There have been as many as 83 CUPAs, but some have been decertified.
This and other similar coastal projects prompted opponents to form activist groups. Their efforts eventually led to putting Proposition 20 on the ballot. [25] Proposition 20 gave the Coastal Commission permit authority for four years. The California Coastal Act of 1976 extended the Coastal Commission's authority indefinitely. [27]
A California Superior Court has cracked down on state regulators for penalizing a key agricultural region’s water managers, chastising officials for potentially unlawful behavior. Judge Kathy ...
Lake Tahoe. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) was formed in 1969 through a bi-state compact between California and Nevada which was ratified by the U.S. Congress. The agency is mandated to protect the environment of the Lake Tahoe basin through land-use regulations and is one of only a few watershed-based regulatory agencies in the United States.
Texas is set to execute Steven Nelson by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of a beloved pastor who was just beginning his ministerial career.. Nelson, 37, was convicted for the ...
The State of California operates the University of California and the California State University as statewide systems. However, community colleges , which provide the first two years of post-secondary education and adult vocational courses, are organized in community college districts , which operate one or more community colleges within their ...
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are headed to trial.. The former "This is Us" co-stars, who became embroiled in a scandal-turned-legal battle late last year, will take their disputes to the ...