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Underground Regulations and California’s Administrative Procedure Act

October 28, 2021 2:15 amOctober 28, 2021 6:44 am

The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) is charged with ensuring that agency and department regulations are “clear, necessary, legally valid, and available to the public.” OAL is responsible for reviewing proposed regulations by California’s more than 200 state agencies and...

What Is California’s SRIA?

October 20, 2021 3:34 pmOctober 20, 2021 8:15 pm

What is SRIA? The acronym stands for “standardized regulatory impact analysis.” For those involved in significant regulatory work at California’s 200+ rulemaking agencies, departments, boards, and commissions, you have probably heard of a SRIA being done for any “major regulations.”...

California State Water Resources Control Board Votes To End Water Diversions For Over 5,700 Farmers

August 4, 2021 2:19 pmAugust 5, 2021 11:36 am

The California State Water Resources Control Board unanimously voted 5-0 on Tuesday to stop water diversions for thousands of Californians in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed on Tuesday. According to the new limitations, 5,700 water right holders, including farmers and...

CA Legislature Should Stop Adopting Administrative Procedure Acts Exemptions

July 13, 2021 4:30 amJuly 12, 2021 10:12 pm

A fundamental purpose of both the federal and California Administrative Procedure Acts (APA) is to allow public participation in the federal and state rulemaking processes. This is where the executive branch of government engages in quasi-legislative activities by adopting rules...

AB 2: Legislative Review of Regulations

December 8, 2020 3:18 pmDecember 10, 2020 8:47 am

On December 7, the first day of the California Legislature’s 2021-22 Session, Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) introduced Assembly Bill 2, which would make several changes to the state regulatory process. The bill would amend Sections 11343.4 and 11349.3 of and...

California’s Office of Administrative Law

August 14, 2020 6:28 amAugust 14, 2020 6:41 am

California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) is responsible for reviewing regulations and regulatory changes proposed by state agencies and departments for their legal and procedural compliance before the regulations can become law. OAL is found in Government Code Title 2,...

Some Insights on the Administrative Procedure Act Process in California

June 25, 2020 1:51 pmJune 25, 2020 1:55 pm

California’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which is patterned after the federal APA, sets forth the rules by which the state’s executive branch agencies must adopt regulations. The twin goals of the APA are to ensure, for purposes of a proposed...