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Meeting Name: Legal and Claims Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/10/2024 11:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: US2-456
09:00 a.m. LEG 11:00 a.m. Break 11:30 a.m. Legal 01:30 p.m. EOT 03:30 p.m. OWS
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Not available  
Agenda packet: Agenda Packet Agenda Packet
Meeting video:  
Attachments:
File #Agenda #TypeTitleActionResultAction DetailsVideo
21-3436 A.Manager ReportGeneral Counsel's report of monthly activities   Action details Video Video
21-3437 A.MinutesApproval of the Minutes of the Legal and Claims Committee for May 13, 2024 (Copies have been submitted to each Director, any additions, corrections, or omissions) approvedPass Action details Video Video
21-3438 8-4Board Letter for ActionReport on San Diego County Water Authority v. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, et al., San Francisco County Superior Court Case Nos. CPF-10-510830, CPF-12-512466, CPF-14-514004, CPF-16-515282, CPF-16-515391 , CGC-17-563350, and CPF-18-516389; the appeals of the 2010 and 2012 actions, Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District Case Nos. A146901, A148266, A161144, and A162168, and California Supreme Court Case No. S243500; the petition for extraordinary writ in the 2010 and 2012 actions, Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District Case No. A155310; the petition for extraordinary writ in the second 2016 action, Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District Case No. A154325 and California Supreme Court Case No. S251025; the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California v. San Diego County Water Authority cross-complaints in the 2014, 2016, and 2018 actions; and the appeals of the 2014, 2016, and 2018 actions, Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District Case No. A170156; authorize initiation of settlement negotiations with SDCWA and provide direcapprovedPass Roll call Video Video
21-3440 a.Oral Presentation OnlyUpdate on the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary: Phase 1 , State Water Board Cases, Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. JCCP 5013, and Phase 2   Roll call Video Video
21-3439 b.Oral Presentation OnlyUpdate on environmental litigation challenging the Department of Water Resources Delta Conveyance Project approval, certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report and other actions taken under the California Environmental Quality Act, currently ten related cases pending in Sacramento County Superior Court: Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District v. California Department of Water Resources, Case No. 24WM000006, Sierra Club, et al. v. California Department of Water Resources, Case No. 24WM000008, City of Stockton v. California Department of Water Resources, Case No. 24WM000009, County of San Joaquin et al. v. California Department of Water Resources, Case No. 24WM000010, County of Butte v. California Department of Water Resources, Case No. 24WM000011, Sacramento Area Sewer District v. California Department of Water Resources, Case No. 24WM000012, County of Sacramento, et al. v. California Department of Water Resources, Case No. 24WM000014, San Francisco Baykeeper, et al. v. California Department of Water Resources, Case No. 24WM000017, South Delta Water Agency and Rudy Mussi I   Action details Video Video



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