CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA v. UNITED WATER CONSERVATION DIST.

No. S226036.

3 Cal.5th 1191 (2017)

CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant, v. UNITED WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

December 4, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ariel Pierre Calonne and Gregory G. Diaz , City Attorneys, Keith Bauerle , Assistant City Attorney; Colantuono & Levin, Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, Michael G. Colantuono , David J. Ruderman , Megan S. Knize and Michael R. Cobden for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Buchalter Nemer, Douglas E. Wance , Robert M. Dato and Michael L. Meeks for Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Jonathan M. Coupal , Trevor A. Grimm , Timothy A. Bittle and J. Ryan Cogdill for Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Jack Cohen as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Aleshire & Wynder, June S. Ailin , Lindsay M. Tabaian and Miles P. Hogan for City of Signal Hill as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Timothy S. Guster ; Silicon Valley Law Group, Jeffrey S. Lawson ; Johnson & James, Robert K. Johnson and Omar F. James for Great Oaks Water Company as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Anthony H. Trembley , Jane Ellison Usher , Gregory J. Patterson , Cheryl A. Orr and William H. Hair for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

Law Offices of Young Wooldridge, Ernest A. Conant and Jeffrey J. Patrick for Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

Nancy N. McDonough and Christian C. Scheuring for California Farm Bureau Federation and Farm Bureau of Ventura County as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

Marcia Scully and Heather C. Beatty for The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

Stanly T. Yamamoto ; Hanson Bridgett, Adam Hofmann ; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Timothy T. Coates and Alan Diamond for Santa Clara Valley Water District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

Horvitz & Levy, David M. Axelrad , Mitchell C. Tilner ; Latham & Watkins, Paul N. Singarella and Kathryn M. Wagner for Water Replenishment District of Southern California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

Theresa A. Goldner , County Counsel (Kern), Charles F. Collins , Chief Deputy County Counsel; Rossmann and Moore, Antonio Rossmann and Roger B. Moore for County of Kern as Amicus Curiae.

Keker & Van Nest, John W. Keker , Daniel Purcell , Dan Jackson and Warren A. Braunig for San Diego County Water Authority as Amicus Curiae.

Aleshire & Wynder and Patricia J. Quilizapa for City of Cerritos, City of Downey and City of Signal Hill as Amici Curiae.


OPINION

The California Constitution, as amended by a series of voter initiatives, places limitations on the authority of state and local governments to collect revenue through taxes, fees, charges, and other types of levies. (Cal. Const., arts. XIII A, XIII C, XIII D.) This case concerns the application of these constitutional...

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