Legal Opinion
Newhall County Water District v. Castaic Lake Water Agency
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 19, 2016No. B257964PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRIMES, J.—
SUMMARY
Plaintiff Newhall County Water District (Newhall), a retail water purveyor, challenged a wholesale water rate increase adopted in February 2013 by the board of directors of defendant Castaic Lake Water Agency (the Agency), a government entity responsible for providing imported water to the four retail water purveyors in the Santa Clarita Valley. The trial court found the Agency’s rates violated article XIII C of the California Constitution (Proposition 26). Proposition 26 defines any local government levy, charge or exaction as a tax requiring voter approval, unless…
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