MONTEREY COASTKEEPER v. CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BD., ETC.

No. C090943.

76 Cal.App.5th 1 (2022)

MONTEREY COASTKEEPER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, CENTRAL COAST REGION, et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

As modified March 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic, Helen H. Kang , Lucas Williams , Deborah A. Sivas and Susann M. Bradford for Plaintiffs and Appellants Monterey Coastkeeper, California Sportsfishing Protection Alliance, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Associations, Institute for Fisheries Resources, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, Orange County Coastkeeper and Inland Empire Waterkeeper.

California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., and Marisol F. Aguilar for Plaintiffs and Appellants Fairmead Community and Friends and Planada En Acción.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne , Assistant Attorney General, Tracy L. Windsor , Taylor Rhodes , Sierra Arballo and Linda Gándara , Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board et al.

Kahn, Soares & Conway, Theresa A. Dunham for East San Joaquin Water Quality Coalition; Spaletta Law, Jennifer Lynn Spaletta for San Joaquin County Resource Conservation District, Kaweah Basin Water Quality Association, Tule Basin Water Quality Coalition and California Farm Bureau Federation; and Kari E. Fisher for California Farm Bureau Federation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

Can a court, in an action for traditional mandamus and declaratory relief, in effect order the state and regional water boards to comply with the law as it pertains to water discharge permits under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Wat. Code,1 § 13000 et seq. Porter...

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