Category: JRG in the News
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New NOAA building owners want to make it a home, Indigenous people are fighting to stop it
The new owner of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s former Southwest Fisheries Science Center plans to rezone the lot for residential use. Now advocates hoping to preserve the building are pushing to get the facility on the city’s list of historically significant structures.
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You Short-Term Days are Over
Truckee’s ADU ordinance was most recently updated and became effective on Jan. 7, 2021. The path to meet those updates had several interim steps. In December 2019 and in response to state law changes, Truckee amended its development code with emergency ordinance 2019-10, which included a ban of short-term renting ADUs not permitted prior to Jan.…
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San Benito County forms committee for hemp cultivation ordinance
When the 2018 Farm Bill was approved in December, hemp cultivation was legalized at the federal level. Now elected officials in San Benito County are working to bring the industrial crop to the area.
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Win for Big Sur Cannabis Growers
Big Sur cannabis growers won the right to prove themselves legitimate on Tuesday. On a 3-2 vote, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors ordered county officials to create a pilot program that would allow open-air cannabis grows in the Santa Lucia hills around Big Sur. And supervisors said they’d like the program approved by the…
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Residents plead for county to expedite cannabis growing ordinance
While San Benito County voters approved Measure C to create a tax for cannabis businesses located in the unincorporated area, it took little more than the weekend following the vote for supporters to show up en masse at the June 12 San Benito County Board of Supervisors Meeting to plead, and in some cases demand, that the long-delayed cannabis…
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Cantinetta Luca owner tells Carmel City Council talk trash or head to court
The council voted 3-1 on Feb. 7 against the permit, with Mayor Steve Dallas and Councilmember Carolyn Hardy leading the way. But the decision to not award a new permit was stunning for two other reasons, as laid out by Fink in a February letter from his attorney Jason Retterer.
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Monterey, Salinas law firms to merge Jan. 1
A merger creating what’s being called one of the largest law firms in Monterey County becomes effective Jan. 1. Members of the Monterey law firm of Bohnen, Rosenthal & Kreeft will merge with L+G, LLP Attorneys at Law (formerly known as Lombardo & Gilles), headquartered in Salinas with offices in Monterey, Salinas, Hollister, King City and…
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Two Monterey County law firms merge
The Californian: Two Monterey County law firms merge Two partners of Bohnen, Rosenthal & Kreeft in Monterey will merge with JRG Attorneys at Law (formerly L+G, LLP Attorneys at Law) of Salinas to create one of the largest law firms in Monterey County.
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Local Agriculture Law Firm Launches Website to Help Growers with Recalls
Local Agriculture Law Firm Launches Website to Help Growers with Recalls | BenitoLink Salinas-based JRG Attorneys at Law provides a wide range of services to farmers and shippers to better prepare them to respond in the event of an outbreak that might lead to a recall. The website brings together a comprehensive team of food…
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He’s all heart
The last time Jeff Gilles wore a red dress was 10 years ago. The little red dress was back for the day on Friday.