New Tenant Protections for Small Nonprofits in California
A recently enacted law provides new commercial tenant protections that [...]
Urgent Alert: Upcoming Jan. 6 IRS Filing Deadline for Certain CE and Land Donations
On October 8, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [...]
BLM Issues Proposed Rule to Permit Conservation Leasing on Public Lands
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has introduced a proposed [...]
Update regarding IRS Safe Harbor
As discussed in our most recent blog post, the IRS [...]
Ensuring Consistency with Land Trust Articles of Incorporation When Working with Indigenous Tribes
There is growing interest in the land-back movement, and some [...]
Controversial Conservation Easement Statute Civil Code Section 815.11 Resurrected as Public Resources Code Sections 4751 – 4752
Back in 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a lengthy [...]
Will New California Civil Code Section 714.6 Affect Your Conservation Easement?
Starting on January 1, 2022, new California Civil Code [...]
Deemed Approval and Amendments: Revisiting Safe-Harbor Clauses in Deductible Conservation Easements
Over the last several years, the IRS has challenged a [...]
Restoring Tribal Access to Land: A Menu of Options to Reestablish Cultural Access Rights
Restoring access and cultural rights to Indigenous tribes is a [...]
Notable Takeaways in the IRS’s Conservation Easement Audit Guide
The IRS and folks working in charitable conservation transactions [...]