Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Verjil

Opinion

KENNARD, J.

In November 1996, California voters adopted Proposition 218, which added articles XIII C and XIIID to the California Constitution. In Richmond v. Shasta Community Services Dist. (2004) 32 Cal.4th 409 [9 Cal.Rptr.3d 121, 83 P.3d 518] (Richmond), we construed article XIII D as it applies to fees that a local public water district charged for making new service connections to its domestic water delivery system. We concluded that those connection charges were not “assessments” or “property-related fees or charges” within the meaning of article XIII D. (Richmond, supra, at pp.…