MISSION SPRINGS WATER DIST. v. VERJIL

No. E055176.

218 Cal.App.4th 892 (2013)

160 Cal. Rptr. 3d 524

MISSION SPRINGS WATER DISTRICT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. KARI VERJIL, as Registrar of Voters, etc., Defendant; TIM RADIGAN BROPHY et al., Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

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

August 7, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trevor A. Grimm , Jonathan M. Coupal and Timothy A. Bittle for Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

Benbrook Law Group and Bradley A. Benbrook for Citizens in Charge as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

Slovak Baron & Empey, John O. Pinkney and Charles L. Gallagher for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Colantuono & Levin and Michael G. Colantuono for Association of California Water Agencies, California Association of Sanitation Agencies, California State Association of Counties and League of California Cities as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

RICHLI, J.

Mission Springs Water District (the District) increased its water and sewer rates. Initiatives to roll back the increases gathered enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. Rather than hold an election on the initiatives, however, the District filed this action against the proponents of the initiatives1 (the Proponents) for a declaration that the initiatives are invalid.

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