Judge denies CCC intervention in UC vs. FEMA case
On January 23, 2018 HCN was advised that Federal Magistrate Laurel Beeler sided with HCN in denying the Claremont Canyon Conservancy’s (CCC) request to intervene in the UC Berkeley versus FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) lawsuit currently before the court. The CCC had argued that they were preeminent experts on fire risk mitigation in the East Bay and had standing because of their association with Norman LaForce (and the Sierra Club lawsuit against FEMA). But Judge