CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY v. COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO

No. G051058.

247 Cal.App.4th 326 (2016)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO et al., Defendants and Respondents; CADIZ, INC., et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

As modified May 18, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aruna M. Prabhala , Adam F. Keats , Chelsea Tu ; Center for Food Safety and Adam F. Keats for Plaintiffs and Appellants Center for Biological Diversity, San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society and Sierra Club, San Gorgonio Chapter.

University of California, Irvine School of Law Environmental Law Clinic, and Michael Robinson-Dorn for Plaintiff and Appellant National Parks Conservation Association.

Downey Brand, Christian L. Marsh , Kevin M. O'Brien and Rebecca R.A. Smith for Defendants and Respondents County of San Bernardino and Board of Supervisors of County of San Bernardino.

Best Best & Krieger, Michelle Ouellette and Sarah E. Owsowitz for Defendants and Respondents Santa Margarita Water District and Board of Directors of Santa Margarita Water District.

Alston & Bird, Edward J. Casey and Andrew Brady for The Association of California Water Agencies as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Remy Moose Manley, James G. Moose , Sabrina V. Teller and Gwynne B. Hunter for California State Association of Counties and California Association of Sanitation Agencies as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Diane C. De Felice , Amy M. Steinfeld ; Woodruff, Spradlin & Smart and M. Lois Bobak for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents Cadiz, Inc., and Fenner Valley Mutual Water Company.

Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Michael H. Zischke and Andrew B. Sabey for California Building Industry Association, Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation, Building Industry Association of the Bay Area, California Business Properties Association, California Chamber of Commerce and Southern California District Council of Laborers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents and Real Parties in Interest and Respondents.


OPINION

INTRODUCTION

A proposed project to pump fresh groundwater from an underground aquifer located below real property owned by Cadiz, Inc. (Cadiz), in the Mojave Desert (the Project) spawned six related cases. The Project is a public/private partnership, the purposes of which are to prevent waste of the...

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