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Zoning, Planning and Use

Mar. 16, 2002

Water Commission's Authority Does Not Preclude Tort Actions

Focus Column - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr., Jill C. Teraoka and Shiraz D. Tangri - With the advent of environmental restrictions, regulatory hurdles, limits on government spending and organized opposition to the development that new water projects might encourage, water agencies have found it difficult to expand water supplies. The California Supreme Court erected yet another obstacle in Hartwell Corp. v. Superior Court (Santamaria), 2002 DJDAR 1295 (Cal. Feb. 4, 2002).

        Focus Column
        
        By Daniel J. Curtin Jr., Jill C. Teraoka and Shiraz D. Tangri
        
        With the advent of environmental restrictions, regulatory hurdles, limits on government spending and organized oppositi...

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