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3 Environs 1 (1979)

handle is hein.journals/environs3 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 3, Number 1 February, 1979 ENVIRONS, a non-partisan environmental law/natural resources newsletter publish- ed by King Hall School of Law, and edited by the Environmental Law Society, Univer- sity of California, Davis. Designation of the employer or other affiliation of the author(s) of any article is given for purposes of identification of the author(s) only. The views expressed herein are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the position of the University of California, School of Law, Environmental Law Society, or of any employer or organization with which an author is affiliated. Submission of Comments, Letters to the Editor, and Articles is encouraged. We reserve the right to edit and/or print these materials. Editorial Staff Kathi Beaumont Christy Bliss Woody Brooks Ginny Cahill Bill Cunningham Bill Deller Robert Derham Sue Diamondstone Diane Dillon Judy Duke Danni Dunn Chris Elms Robert Farrell Scott Finley Barb Fitzmaurice Martha Fox Anne Frassetto Jeff Holmes Sam linperati Bruce Klafter Michael Kramer Barb Malchick Tim Needham Shar Rezabek Donald Segerstrom Wendy Thomson Dick Tomoda Bruce Waggoner George Wailes Debbie Webster Sandra Wicks Barry Ziskin Harrison C. Dunning Faculty Adviser Cop~,igh: C February 1979 UCE Environmental Law 5ociety 0 MANAGING LAKE TAHOE: A Second Effort The newly proposed California-Nevada compact governing the Lake Tahoe Basin is a compromise, reflecting the concerns of environmen- talists as well as the construction and gaming industries. As written, the new compact significantly restructures the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), a bistate agency statutorily charged with the duty of protecting the environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin. History and Current Status of the TRPA The TRPA was originally formed in 1970, pursuant to a Congressionally approved compact between California and Nevada. Through the development and administration of a regional plan and land use ordinance, it was anticipated that TRPA could successfully balance human use of the basin with the fragile ecology of the alpine area. California and Nevada each provided five delegates to sit on the TRPA governing board; three members represented local governments within the Tahoe Basin and two members represented the state at large. All major public and private construction projects within the basin were required to be reviewed and approved by the TRPA governing board before actual development could take place. In the past eight years, TRPA's efforts have received increasingly critical attention. Representatives of county and city governments in the basin claim that TRPA's land use ordinance imposes such severe land use restrictions that it threatens to harm the gaming, recreation and construction industries - the basin's economic base. TRPA is also viewed by local citizens as an intrusive governmental body which is unrespon- sive to concerns of the basin's year-round residents. Environmentalists attack TRPA as an ineffective protector of Lake Tahoe, blaming the predominance of local representatives on the agency's governing board for the approval of many large condominium and hotel-casino projects. The interests of each state in Lake Tahoe often assumed conflicting positions. Nevada seeks to protect the established gaming industry at the lake and to ensure Tahoe's future as a gambling resort. Alarmed at the rapid spillover of casino support services and second home construction into its jurisdiction, California seeks to prevent overly rapid development from destroying the Lake's value as a scenic mountain area. (continued on page 8)

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