California Water Law & Policy Reporter
April 2023
Volume 33, Number 7
April 2023
CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
155
California Department of Water Resources Hosts Public Scoping Meetings, Accepts Public Comments, for Searsville Watershed Restoration
Project156
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Bill Introduced in the California Senate Seeks to Modernize State’s Network for Collecting and Measuring Surface Water Flows158
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Department of Water Resources Addresses 12 Central California Groundwater Sustainability Plans160
California State Water Resources Control Board’s New Sanitary Sewer Systems Waste Discharge Requirements to Take Effect this Summer162
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Rules 2020 EPA Rule on Section 401 Certification to Remain In Effect During Agency Reconsideration164
In re Clean Water Act Rulemaking, ___F.4th___, Case Nos. 21-16958, 21-16960, 21-16961 (9th Cir. Feb. 21, 2023).
Seventh Circuit Allows Subpoena Seeking Video Footage of Search During Clean Water Act Criminal Investigation166
United States v. Doe Corporation, 59 F.4th 301 (7th Cir. 2023).
District Court:
District Court Extends Interim Plan while Federal Government Revises Plan to Manage Sacramento River Flows167
California Natural Resources Agency v. Raimondo, ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. 1:20-cv-00426 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 24, 2023); Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations v. Raimondo, ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. 1:20-cv-00431 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 24, 2023).
District Court Finds Federal Endangered Species Act Preempts State Agency Order on Klamath Project Operations169
Yurok Tribe, et al., v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, et al., ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. 19-cv-04405-WHO, (N.D. Cal. Feb 6, 2023).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
District Court of Appeal:
Second District Court Holds Reasonable Use Finding Not Required for Wastewater Discharge
Permits171
Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. State Water Resources Control Board, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. B309151 (2nd Dist. Feb 27, 2023).
Second District Court Reverses Judgment on
the Pleadings, Finding Allegations Sufficient
under Coastal Act that City Allowed Private Struc-
ture172
Spencer v. City of Palos Verdes Estates, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. B309225 (2nd Dist. February 27, 2023).
Third District Court Grants Anti-Slapp Motion to Strike Malicious Prosecution Action in Water Rights Quiet Title Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Water for Citizens of Weed California v. Churchwell White LLP, ___Cal.App.5th___Case No. C093421 (3rd Dist. Feb. 9, 2023).
