Environmental Law
Envt'l Law News Fall 2019, Vol. 28, No. 2
Content
- 2019-2020 Environmental Law Section Executive Committee
- An Aquifer Betrayed: the Monterey Desalinization Project at Odds with California Water Law
- Editor's Note...
- Environmental Law News Publications Committee
- Is the Housing Accountability Act the Solution to California's Housing Crisis?
- Open-Pit Metallic Mining in California: Still Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place (To Mine)
- Sedimentation in California Reservoirs: a Long-Term Problem of Immediate Concern
- Table of Contents
- The Delta Tunnels/California WaterFix: Part 2 of the Swrcb Water Rights Change Petition and Beyond
- Any Act Necessary? the Fifth Appellate District's Decision in Inzana v. Turlock Irrigation District
Any Act Necessary? The Fifth Appellate District’s Decision in Inzana v. Turlock Irrigation District
by Callie Lee Lindemann*
Callie Lee Lindemann
In June 2019, the Fifth Appellate District decided Inzana v. Turlock Irrigation District Board of Directors1 which provides important new appellate analysis and authority regarding the scope of special district power and the nature of fundamental vested property rights. This article provides an overview of Inzana, analyzes the court’s reasoning, and assesses the potential application of the case to interpretation of other special district powers. This article concludes that Inzana is a measured decision that reasonably protects special district property without unduly expanding special district authority.