Legal Opinion
Living Rivers Council v. State Water Res. Control Bd.
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided September 28, 2017No. A148400Published
1Opinion of the CourtNeedham, J.
Appellant Living Rivers Council (Living Rivers) appeals from a judgment denying its petition for writ of mandate to compel respondent the State Water Resources Control Board (Board) to rescind its approval of a policy designed to maintain instream flows in coastal streams north of San Francisco. Living Rivers alleges several violations of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA; Public Res. Code, § 21000 et seq.) relating to the indirect environmental effects of surface water users switching to groundwater pumping as a result of the policy. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The Board
The Board…
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