Recordnet.com July 10, 2015 An effort by state officials to stop some Delta farmers from diverting water during the drought amounts to a taking of private property rights without due process, a judge ruled Friday. The decision cast doubt on the legality of thousands of similar cuts, or “curtailments,” that the State Water Resources Control…
Los Angeles Times July 10, 2015 A Superior Court order issued Friday raises questions about the state’s process of curtailing water rights during the drought. The West Side Irrigation District, which has junior rights to some flows in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, challenged notices in which state regulators ordered the agency to stop drawing supplies…
