Professor Frank Comments for Bloomberg BNA on California Supreme Court Decision

Professor of Environmental Practice Richard Frank ’74 commented for Bloomberg BNA’s Environment and Energy Report on a recent California Supreme Court decision regarding the ability of the state’s water conservation districts to use customer fees to fund groundwater management programs. The Court ruled on December 4 that districts may do so without seeking customer or voter approval.

The “decision is significant because it provided needed and timely guidance to local groundwater management agencies, groundwater users, and state officials as to how groundwater fees should be assessed prospectively,” Frank said.

Such fees will be a critical component of the plans local agencies must complete and administer under California's 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, Frank said.

Frank is a leader in the field of environmental law and the founding Director of the California Environmental Law and Policy Center at UC Davis School of Law.

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