Under the Coastal Act, a local government maintains authority to approve development projects within the coastal zone in accordance with a certified Local Coastal Program (LCP).

Under the Brown Act, public agencies must disclose certain threats of litigation prior to discussing them in closed session. These closed session disclosure requirements were recently reinforced by the Court of Appeal in Fowler v. City of Lafayette.

An article by Chase Bakaly on gun violence restraining orders and California law is the cover story in the February issue of Los Angeles Lawyer magazine.

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