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caption id="attachment_46402" align="alignright" width="300" Show me on the picture where activity will have no impact on the river./caption This morning a California Court of Appeal issued an unfortunate opinion (although given the state of California courts, perhaps an unsurprising one) affirming in full a trial court decision that imposed pub ...

In the aftermath of Janus v. AFSCME, states have come up with some pretty clever ways to funnel money to unions and union-supported speech.  Today, PLF asked the Ninth Circuit to strike down SB 954, a law that gives unions a huge fundraising advantage and makes it harder for contrary viewpoints to be heard. Under California law, employers o ...

We've written extensively about negative developments in California eminent domain use over the years, but today we filed this comment letter with the California Senate Judiciary Committee in support of a positive reform attempt, SB 1167. SB 1167 would require governments to issue a final offer of compensation whenever they initiate condemnati ...

In the 80s, Congress enacted a statute authorizing the Service to move otters to southern California on the condition that it implement protections for the surrounding fishery and the fishermen whose livelihoods depend on it, including requirements that the Service exclude otters from parts of the fishery and exempt fishermen from criminal prosecut ...

For years, Oakland has treated small property owners as a piggy bank, demanding ever growing penalties for minor, alleged building code violations and denying property owners any legitimate opportunity to defend themselves. But thanks to a PLF victory in the California Court of Appeal, that abuse will come to an end. Things got so ba ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service should not be allowed to hide the ball from the public when determining which species can be listed under the Endangered Species Act—especially when the agency's decisions can cost Americans billions of dollars. That is why today PLF attorneys filed, on behalf of a broad coalition of property rights, sound scien ...

caption id="attachment_46278" align="alignright" width="300" CCC: You must build a wall to last 75 years, but we might make you tear it down in 20./caption Today, Thomas Frick and the heirs of Barbara Lynch filed this petition, asking the California Supreme Court to grant rehearing in Lynch v. California Coastal Commission. In that decision ...

Our friends at Reason have posted this excellent video on Mark Hamill's effort to destroy small booksellers save kids from the menace that is fake Mark Hamill autographs.  Hamill's legislative efforts resulted in a law so burdensome that it threatens to shut down bookstores across California.  We're representing Bill Petrocelli and Bay Area books ...

  This morning, the Supreme Court asked the United States' Solicitor General to weigh in on Rinehart v. California, PLF's challenge to California's suction dredge mining ban. The case raises significant questions about federalism, preemption, and state regulation of federal lands. The federal government encourages mining on federal l ...