FEATURE ARTICLE
The Scott River Case: Long-Percolating Public Trust Issues Bubble to the Surface by Jessica L. Hirsch, Best Best 223
CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
2011 California Water Law & Policy MCLE Conference Opens for Registra-
tion228
Salinas River Breaks through Levee In Monterey County230
‘More Water for Our Valley Act’ Proposes Increased Congressional Direction Regarding Pumping in the Delta231
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Draft EPA/Corps Guidance Seeks to Expand Federal Jurisdiction over Wetlands, as Congress and the Courts Question Agency Authority233
Delta Independent Science Board Releases Review of First Draft Delta
Plan234
Central Valley Regional Water Board Extends Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program to Include Discharges to Groundwater and Extensive Reporting Requirements236
What to Do When the Well Runs Dry? PUC Directs Water Company to Recognize Moratorium on New and Expanded Water Service Connections within Monterey Peninsula238
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Bureau Announces More Water Mooting Motions in Consolidated Salmon Cases for Injunctive Relief to Prevent Implementation of BiOp ‘Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives’241
Kern County Superior Court Considers Arguments in Challenge to SWRCB Order Revoking ‘Fully Appropriated Stream’ Designation for Kern River243
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Concludes Tribe is Barred by Statute of Limitations to Bring Suit against City of Los Angeles for Water and Land Rights to Owens
Valley245
Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony v. City of Los Angeles, ___F.3d___, Case No. 07-16727 (9th Cir. Mar. 14, 2011).
Ninth Circuit Upholds Judge Wanger’s 2009 Ruling—the Federal Government’s Protection of Delta Smelt Is Constitutional under the Commerce Clause248
San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Salazar, ___F.3d___, Case No. No. 10-15192 (9th Cir. Mar. 25, 2011).
RECENT STATE DECISIONS
Superior Court Rules Drilling Studies on Delta Lands Constitute a ‘Taking’250
Department of Water Resources Cases, Case No. JCCP4594, Apr. 8, 2011 (San Joaquin County Super. Ct.).
