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Putting It Together: Implications And Directions—Clashing Cultures, Clashing Economies, Clashing Values, Ed Marston

Who Governs the Public Lands: Washington? The West? The Community? (September 28-30)

6 pages.

Contains references.

Lucas V. South Carolina Coastal Council: Low Tide For The Takings Clause, Marshall Currey Cook

Mercer Law Review

In Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, the United States Supreme Court held that when a state government regulation rendered a landowner's property totally valueless, the landowner must be compensated unless common law nuisance doctrine at the time of the taking prohibited the use forbidden by the regulation. The Supreme Court reversed the South Carolina Supreme Court and remanded the case to determine whether any principles of nuisance and property law existed that prohibited the forbidden use under the statute-the building of an occupiable improvement. This Casenote will only address the court's analysis of the Takings Clause part of …

Building Community Around Water: The Shift From Icon To Substance In The Local Politics Of Water, Donald Snow

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

11 pages.

Water And Communities: Emerging Issues For Water Organizations, A. Lee Brown, Jr.

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

13 pages.

Contains 2 pages of references.

Watershed Based Initiatives For Water Resource Planning And Management In Washington State, Kenneth O. Slattery

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

16 pages.

Contains references.

New Legislative Approaches, Laird Noh

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

7 pages.

New Legislative Approaches, Larry Morandi

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

14 pages.

Organizing From The Ground Up: Watershed Initiatives: The Recent Truckee River Experience, Robert S. Pelcyger

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

15 pages.

Responding To Water Quality Problems Through Improved Management Of Agricultural Water, David G. Cone, Dennis Wichelns

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

10 pages.

Contains references.

Strategies For Acquiring New Urban Water Supplies, Hamlet J. "Chips" Barry

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

5 pages.

Programs For Obtaining Future Supplies Of Water For Southern California, Duane L. Georgeson

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

19 pages (includes map).

The Need For A Regional Drainage District In Water Quality Regulation, Chelsea H. Congdon, Terry F. Young, Brian Gray

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

11 pages.

Contains references.

Providing For Fisheries, Recreation, And Other Instream Benefits, Ron Bishop

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

10 pages.

From Conflict To Cooperative Water Resource Management: The Chelan Agreement And Water Resources Forum [Outline], Bill Frank, Jr.

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

8 pages.

Fort Collins And The Cache La Poudre River: An Integrated Greenway Vision, Kari V. Henderson

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

16 pages.

Contains references.

Water Organizations In The West, Ron Bishop

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

9 pages.

Water Organizations In The West, Patricia Mulroy

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

10 pages.

The Relevance Of Water “Ownership” To Water Markets And Other Issues, Barton H. Thompson, Jr.

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

31 pages.

Contains references.

Innovative Approaches To Urban Water Conservation, Tom Griswold

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

10 pages.

Due Process

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

Regulation Of Wetlands In Western Washington Under The Growth Management Act, Alison Moss, Beverlee E. Silva

Seattle University Law Review

Wetlands protection has long been an important issue in the central Puget Sound. With the passage of the Growth Management Act (GMA), all counties and cities within the state are now required to adopt regulations "protecting" critical areas, including wetlands. This requirement furthers the GMA's environmental goal to "[p]rotect the environment and enhance the state's high quality of life, including air and water quality, and the availability of water." This Article will explore these and related issues arising under the wetlands regulatory scheme in Washington following the adoption of the GMA. It will show how this complex, multi-layered regulation scheme …

Dashed "Investment-Backed" Expectations: Will The Constitution Protect Property Owners From Excesses In Implementation Of The Growth Management Act?, Elaine Spencer

Seattle University Law Review

Section I briefly discusses the basic principles of takings law as enunciated by prior cases, as well as the United States Supreme Court's recent decision in Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, and the Washington Supreme Court's recent decisions in Sintra, Inc. v. Seattle and Robinson v. Seattle. Although the Lucas decision has received considerable publicity, it advanced the state of the law rather little. The real guidance for future decisions arising out of the GMA will come from earlier United States Supreme Court decisions and the Washington Supreme Court's decisions in Sintra, Robinson, and Lutheran …

Guidance For Growth: A Symposium On Washington State's Growth Management Act, Kimberly L. Deasy, Brian L. Holtzclaw

Seattle University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Practice And Procedure Before The Growth Planning Hearings Boards, Wm. H. Nielsen, M. Peter Philley, Chris Smith Towne

Seattle University Law Review

In 1990, the Washington State Legislature took the first significant step toward growth management when it enacted the Washington Growth Management Act (GMA). The GMA directs cities and counties to protect natural features and to begin planning to accommodate anticipated population increases. The legislature examined the recommendation of the Growth Strategies Commission' to create an independent dispute resolution system to resolve conflicts under the GMA. The Commission recommended the use of a panel of independent arbitrators with mediation and binding arbitration. Appeals would be limited to the Washington State Court of Appeals only on constitutional and procedural issues. The legislature …

Takings Law, Lucas, And The Growth Management Act, John M. Groen, Richard M. Stephens

Seattle University Law Review

In light of Lucas and the recent constitutionally questionable Washington decisions, government entities charged with implementing the GMA may have a more difficult time avoiding takings liability than previously thought. Accordingly, this Article first seeks to clarify the modern takings analysis as refined by Lucas. Second, Washington takings precedent is contrasted with the federal approach and several key changes are suggested to make state law consistent with controlling federal precedent. Third, key aspects of the GMA are identified that can be expected to raise takings implications. By identifying potential trouble spots in the GMA now, hopefully some takings will …

The Growth Management Revolution In Washington: Past, Present, And Future, Richard L. Settle, Charles G. Gavigan

Seattle University Law Review

Since near misses nearly twenty years ago, comprehensive reform of Washington land use regulatory legislation has been simmering on the back burner. In 1989, the pot began to boil. Central Puget Sound area motorists fumed in "gridlock" traffic. They denounced dense, downtown development, fretted over soaring housing prices, and lamented the loss of forests, farms, and salmon-spawning streams. Thus, the growth management revolution was fomented not by the poor and downtrodden, nor by academic theorists, but by the middle-class suburban masses who sensed escalating degradation of community, environment, and quality of life. They demanded change. The revolutionary battles were fought …

The Protection Of Wildlife Under Washington's Growth Management Act, Alan D. Copsey

Seattle University Law Review

Will critical areas and resource lands, as implemented under the GMA, effectively contribute to the conservation of wildlife and wildlife habitat in Washington? The remainder of this Article will address that question. First, this Article briefly describes some aspects of biological diversity that must be understood before proceeding further. Second, it sets forth several central principles from modern conservation biology that are essential for maintaining habitat integrity and species viability and considers their applicability to critical areas and resource lands, as defined by the GMA. Third, it explains how these principles could be used to identify and protect habitat remnants …

There Goes The Neighborhood: The Evolution Of "Family" In Local Zoning Ordinances, William Graham

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

Equal Protection

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

Economic Development And Public Transit: Making The Most Of The Washington Growth Management Act, Robert H. Freilich, Elizabeth A. Garvin, S. Mark White

Seattle University Law Review

Rapid and unplanned urban growth in the urbanizing and rural fringe areas of the United States has led to numerous problems for state, local, and regional governments. In particular, six crises are readily identifiable, each of which threatens to undermine quality of life and local competitive economic advantage. These crises include the following: (1) deterioration of central cities, first-ring suburbs, and closer-in neighborhoods, resulting in depopulation and abandonment of housing and the employment base; (2) spiraling suburban sprawl, creating massive infrastructure as well as energy costs; (3) loss of prime agricultural lands; (4) environmental crises and threats to open space, …