New guide for creating "grid neutral" schools in California

The California State & Consumer Services Agency recently released the first draft of a step-by-step guide to help California schools and community colleges cut energy costs through on-site electricity generation and become "grid neutral."  The guide is entitled "Grid Neutral:  Electrical Independence for California Schools and Community Colleges," and can be viewed here.  In fact, the state's Department of General Services is seeking comments regarding the content of the guide, which can be emailed to this address:  Theresa.Townsend@dgs.ca.gov.     

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California court upholds 50-year ground lease between public health care district and private health care provider, allowing construction of a new SF Bay Area hospital to proceed

A recently published appellate case upholds a 50-year ground lease and related agreements between the Peninsula Health Care District (“District”) and the Mills-Peninsula Health Services (“MPHS”), which will allow the construction of a new hospital that complies with California’s stricter seismic standards. (See Peninsula Guardians, Inc. v. Peninsula Health Care District (2008) 168 Cal.App.4th 75.)

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