California Restaurant Ass'n v. Berkeley, City of

ELR Citation: 51 ELR 20132
No(s). 4:19-cv-07668-YGR (N.D. Cal. Jul 6, 2021) (Rogers, J.)

A district court granted in part and denied in part the city of Berkeley's motion to dismiss a challenge to its recently enacted ordinance affecting the availability of natural gas in new construction within the city. A restaurant group argued the ordinance was federally preempted by the Energy Poli...