Legislation & Regulation
Legislative and Regulatory Update
April 2018 by Scott Harn
- Proposed budget for EPA
- California SB 1222
- 640 million acres and counting
- Gold and silver bullion
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Rather than using the practice of government seizure of private property to promote economic development, the county is using it to preserve open space.
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