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LIGHT v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BD.

No. A138440.

226 Cal.App.4th 1463 (2014)

173 Cal. Rptr. 3d 200

RUDOLPH H. LIGHT et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD, Defendant and Appellant. RUSSIAN RIVER WATER USERS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

June 16, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne and Gavin G. McCabe , Assistant Attorneys General, Russell G. Hildreth and William Jenkins , Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.

Carter, Momsen & Knight, Jared G. Carter and Matisse M. Knight for Plaintiffs and Respondents Rudolph H. and Linda Light.

Somach Simmons & Dunn, Nicholas A. Jacobs and Richard S. Deitchman for Plaintiffs and Respondents Russian River Water Users for the Environment, Allan Nelson, Billy Munselle, Robert Terry Rosetti and Redwood Ranch and Vineyards.

Nancy N. McDonough and Jack L. Rice for California Farm Bureau Federation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents Rudolph H. Light, Linda Light, Russian River Water Users for the Environment, Allan Nelson, Billy Munselle, Robert Terry Rosetti and Redwood Ranch and Vineyards.

Downey Brand, Kevin M. O'Brien and Andrew S. Deeringer for Northern California Water Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents Russian River Water Users for the Environment, Allan Nelson, Billy Munselle, Robert Terry Rosetti and Redwood Ranch and Vineyards.

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OPINION

MARGULIES, Acting P. J. —

In April 2008, a particularly cold month in a dry year, young salmon were found to have been fatally stranded along banks of the Russian River stream system, which drains Sonoma and Mendocino Counties. Federal scientists concluded the deaths were caused by abrupt declines in water level that occurred when water was...

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