KERN COUNTY WATER AGENCY v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Docket No. 55587.

96 Cal.App.3d 874 (1979)

158 Cal. Rptr. 430

KERN COUNTY WATER AGENCY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF KERN COUNTY et al., Defendants and Appellants; DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, Intervener and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

September 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ralph B. Jordan, County Counsel, D.N. Reid, Assistant County Counsel, and Craig S. Tarpenning, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants.

Thomas J. Graff as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Borton, Petrini & Conron, Roy J. Gargano and David R. Lampe for Plaintiff and Respondent.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, R.H. Connett, Assistant Attorney General, and Denis D. Smaage, Deputy Attorney General, for Intervener and Respondent.

Robert P. Will, Carl Boronkay, Peter M. Thorson, Loebl, Bringgold, Peck & Parker, James D. Loebl, Burris, Lagerlof, Senecal & Swift, Stanley G. Lagerlof, Donald S. Greenberg, City Attorney (City of San Buenaventura), Redwine, & Sherrill, Maurice C. Sherrill, Best, Best & Krieger, Dallas Holmes, Arthur L. Littleworth, James K. Abercrombie, James G. McCain, Ross Amspoker, Edward F. Taylor, James W. Dilworth, Helm, Budinger & Lemieux, Ralph B. Helm, James B. Lindholm, County Counsel (San Luis Obispo), Scovil F. Hubbard, Deputy County Counsel, George P. Kading, County Counsel (Santa Barbara), Robert D. Curiel, Chief Assistant County Counsel, Albert T. Henley, Rutan & Tucker, H. Rodger Howell, Arthur G. Kidman, Bold & Polisner, Frederick Bold, Jr., Romney, Smith & Drescher, Philip C. Drescher and Sidney J.W. Sharp, Jr., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent and Intervener and Respondent.


OPINION

KINGSLEY, J.

The Board of Supervisors of Kern County1 appeals from a judgment granting a writ of mandate compelling it to compute and levy a tax for the benefit of respondent Kern Water Agency. We reverse the judgment insofar as it provides for taxes for certain obligations of the agency but affirm it as to the remainder of the taxes involved.

Although the record and briefs before us are...

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