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 In 1994, PCL and two other groups (Plumas County and the Santa Barbara Citizens Planning Association) sued the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) over an agreement it reached through non-public negotiations to change the rules for delivering water from northern to southern California. After eight years, PCL and its co-plaintiffs won. This case could affect whether the state protects water in California's rivers and streams and the San Francisco Bay Delta, what strategies the state uses to meet water needs in cities and on farms as California grows, and the right of the public to be involved in decisions about water.
Here is the court decision in the "Monterey" case argued by PCL Board Member Tony Rossmann:
Text of PCL vs. DWR-Tony Rossmann (180K PDF file)
This article includes on one aspect of the "Monterey" decision, a multi-million dollar piece of property that the State of California gave away as part of its negotiations with water contractors.
Kern
Bank article (15K PDF file)
Nine years after the Planning and Conservation League first challenged the re-negotiation
of state water contracts, a report by the public interest group Public Citizen has shed new light on the results of those negotiations between the state and leading water contractors.
For more information on this project please contact Mindy McIntyre.
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