Table of Contents

• Publication year: 2020

Table of Contents

Messsage from the Chairs.............................................4
By Tara Burd, Steve DeLateur, Alex Calero, and Jennifer Novak

Message from the Editors-in-Chief.........................................5
By Misti Schmidt, Eugene Park, and Jennifer Harder

The Pandemic's Impacts on Developers and Contractors May Call for Seldom-Used Relief: An Overview of the Principles of Force Majeure, Impracticability, and Frustration of Purpose......................6
By Whitney Hodges
This article addresses contractual provisions and legal doctrines that may be exercised by developers and contractors to protect their investments from project delays or increased labor costs related to unforeseen consequences.

MCLE Self-Study Article: Groundwater Recharge Projects: Considerations for Water Managers and Neighboring Landowners............................................12
By Kevin W. Bursey
This article discusses groundwater recharge and banking solutions, surveys the state's new framework for temporary recharge permits, and considers the issues that recharge and banking projects raise for landowners and groundwater managers.

Homeless Encampments and Water Quality...................................23
By Shawn D. Hagerty and Rebecca Andrews
This article examines whether focusing on water quality as a solution to homelessness is inconsistent with existing laws and may undermine more effective, collaborative efforts.

Protecting Public Services for All Ratepayers: Proposition 218 Process After Plantier...............28
By Kaitlin S. Harr
Exhaustion of administrative remedies is a fundamental rule of public agency practice. This article discusses a recent California Supreme Court decision about...