Litigation
Apr. 29, 2014
Case tests government's power to curb water use
A state appellate court is weighing how far regulators can go to ban what they see as an unreasonable use of water in California's wine country at a time of almost unprecedented drought.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A state appellate court will hear arguments this week in a case testing a government agency's ability to curb water use on the grounds it violates the state constitution's ban on the waste and unreasonable use of water. Wine grape growers along the Russian River are hoping to overturn a State Water Resources Control Board decision that spraying their grapes with water to prevent frost damage violates the...
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