DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL CASES

Nos. C082944, C086199.

48 Cal.App.5th 1014 (2020)

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL CASES.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

As modified May 12 and June 8, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Best Best & Krieger, Charity Schiller , Stefanie Morris and Jennifer Lynch , for Plaintiffs and Appellants State Water Contractors, Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Zone 7 and San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District.

Marcia L. Scully , Adam C. Kear , Robert C. Horton and Stefanie Morris for Plaintiff and Appellant The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

Brunick, McElhaney & Kennedy, William J. Brunick and Leland McElhaney , for Plaintiffs and Appellants Mojave Water Agency and Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency.

Stanly T. Yamamoto , District Counsel, and Anthony T. Fulcher , Assistant District Counsel, for Plaintiff and Appellant Santa Clara Valley Water District.

Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Daniel J. O'Hanlon , Rebecca Harms and Carissa M. Beecham for Plaintiffs and Appellants San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District.

Pioneer Law Group, Andrea A. Matarazzo ; and Jon D. Rubin , General Counsel, for Plaintiff and Appellant Westlands Water District.

Rebecca R. Akroyd , General Counsel, for Plaintiff and Appellant San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority.

Freeman Firm, Thomas H. Keeling ; Law Office of John H. Herrick, John H. Herrick ; Mohan, Harris, Ruiz, Wortmann, Perisho & Rubino, S. Dean Ruiz ; Nomellini, Grilli & McDaniel, Dante John Nomellini , Dante John Nomellini, Jr. , and Daniel A. McDaniel for Plaintiffs and Appellants Central Delta Water Agency, South Delta Water Agency, Lafayette Ranch, Inc., and Cindy Charles.

Michael B. Jackson for Plaintiffs and Appellants California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, AquAlliance, Friends of the River and Restore the Delta.

Soluri Meserve and Osha R. Meserve for Plaintiff and Appellant Local Agencies of the North Delta.

E. Robert Wright for Plaintiff and Appellant Friends of the River.

John Buse for Plaintiff and Appellant Center for Biological Diversity.

Law Offices of Michael A. Brodsky and Michael A. Brodsky for Plaintiff and Appellant Save the California Delta Alliance.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, Daniel A. Olivas , Assistant Attorney General, Deborah M. Smith , Jeremy Brown , Daniel L. Siegel , Matthew Struhar , Deputy Attorneys General; Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Ellen J. Garber , Gabriel M.B. Ross and Sarah H. Sigman for Defendants and Appellants Delta Stewardship Council.

Law Offices of Stephan C. Volker, Stephan C. Volker , and Alexis E. Krieg , for Plaintiffs and Respondents North Coast Rivers Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations San Francisco Crab Boat Owners Association and Winnemem Wintu Tribe.


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OPINION

This case concerns the management of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta), a critically important natural resource for California and the nation (Wat. Code, § 85002).1 It is the most valuable...

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