Central Delta Water Agency v. State Water Resources Control Board

Opinion

SIMS, Acting P. J.

This case involves a challenge to the constitutionality of portions of Water Code section 13396.5 1 and of the implementing regulation (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 23, § 2236, hereafter regulation 2236) enacted by respondent State Water Resources Control Board (the Board). Appellants—two water agencies (Central Delta Water Agency and South Delta Water Agency, hereafter the agencies), Reclamation District No. 2072, and agricultural landowner Rudy Mussi—petitioned for mandamus and declaratory relief in the trial court to prevent the enforcement of regulation 2236 and to…