PEOPLE EX REL. YOUNGER v. COUNTY OF EL DORADO

Docket No. 17987.

96 Cal.App.3d 403 (1979)

157 Cal. Rptr. 815

THE PEOPLE EX REL. EVELLE J. YOUNGER, as Attorney General, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF EL DORADO et al., Defendants and Respondents; WILLIAM CENTER et al., Interveners and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

August 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, N. Gregory Taylor and Jan Stevens, Assistant Attorneys General, and Richard M. Frank, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Noble Sprunger, County Counsel, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Edward J. Tiedemann and Janet K. Goldsmith for Defendants and Respondents.

Lillick, McHose & Charles, R. Frederic Fisher and Harry Pfeifer for Interveners and Appellants.


OPINION

PARAS, J.

May a county ban all rafting and boating on a section of a navigable river highly suited to and much used for such recreational activities? Under the circumstances here presented it may not.

The South Fork of the American River in El Dorado County between Chili Bar Dam and Salmon Falls, a distance of about 20 miles, is in question. Because of its location, flow...

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