DOJ Sues to Stop California’s Bid to Exert Control Over Federal Lands
by Ian Mason The Justice Department (DOJ) filed suit Monday to block a controversial California law that seeks to place conditions on the sale or transfer of federal lands within the state. The law, known as SB 50, purports to prevent county and state employees from recording the transfers of deed of federal public land unless a California commission is given a “right of first refusal” to arrange the transfer to its own chosen entity, presumably the state itself. Environmental groups widely see the law, which came into effect at the beginning of the year, as a way of...
by Ian Mason The Justice Department (DOJ) filed suit Monday to block a controversial California law that seeks to place conditions on the sale or transfer of federal lands within the state. The law, known as SB 50, purports...
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