Legal Opinion
Great Oaks Water Co. v. Santa Clara Valley Water District
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 28, 2009No. H032067PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DUFFY, J.
Great Oaks Water Company (Great Oaks) appeals from the trial court’s judgment denying its petition for writ of mandate. Through its petition, Great Oaks challenged the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s (the District) use of a statutory ratesetting exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.) as part of the District Board’s 2006 adoption of a resolution that raised groundwater rates within the District for fiscal year 2006-2007. The exemption, section 21080, subdivision (b)(8), removes from CEQA review a public agency’s…
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