Legal Opinion
Bjornestad v. Hulse
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 22, 1991No. C007526PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DAVIS, J.
Introduction
As originally presented, this case involved federal and state constitutional challenges to Water Code section 30700.6. At that time, the section specified that only landowners in the Sierra Lakes County Water District could vote in district elections or be a member of the district’s governing board of directors. As a result of this statute, Sierra residents who did not own land in Sierra were denied any voice in the district affairs that substantially affected them. In a published opinion filed September 5, 1990, we held these landowner-only provisions…
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