Anaheim City School District v. County of Orange

Opinion

SONENSHINE, J.

Appellants, comprising the majority of the school districts in Orange County, appeal the denial of their petition for writ of mandate commanding the County of Orange to accept, at its disposal sites, solid waste from appellants without charge.

Until 1982 operating costs for county solid waste disposal sites and transfer stations were funded through the county general fund. When this source *699became inadequate to subsidize the increased volume at the facilities,1 the Orange County Board of Supervisors by resolution imposed a schedule of gate fees at all landfills and transfer…