Changes

Res. Control Bd., 299 Cal. App. 4th 879, 899-905
(2014).
16
How Ground Water Occurs, USGS.COM, available
at http://pubs.usgs.gov.
17
Groundwater: California’s big unknown, NOAA
(Aug. 27, 2014), available at https://www.climate.gov.
18
See Katz v. Walkinshaw, 141 Cal. 116 (1903).
19 See Alfred Smith, Water Rules, LOS ANGELES LAWYER
18 (Feb. 2015), available at http://www.lacba.org.
20 Dr. Gayle Olson-Raymer, Discussion Guides: Cali -
fornia’s Water Policies: Who Controls, Distributes, and
Consumes This Scarce Resource? HUMBOLDT.EDU, available
at http://users.humboldt.edu.
21 In re Quantification Settlement Agreement Cases,
201 Cal. App. 4th 758, 773 (2011).
22 Id.
23
See, e.g., http://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia
/quantification-settlement-agreement.
24
Id.
25 Raoul Ranoa, Drought, Drawdowns and Death of
the Salton Sea, L.A. TIMES (Oct. 21, 2014), available at
http://www.latimes.com.
26
Id.
27 Michael Nauss, Loss of the Salton Sea, BIOLOGY-
ONLINE (July 4, 2007), available at http://www.biology
-online.org.
28 Ernie Cowan, Salton Sea Is Way Station for Birds,
THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE (Jan. 14 2014), available
at http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com.
29
In re Quantification Settlement Agreement Cases,
201 Cal. App. 4th 758 (2011); QSA Coordinated Civil
Cases, No. JCCP4353 (July 31, 2013).
30 Salton Sea, CA.GOV, available at http://www
.waterboards.ca.gov.
31 Public Comments Regarding Salton Sea, CA.GOV,
available at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov.
32 Michael Cohen, Hazard’s Toll: The Costs of Inaction
at the Salton Sea, PACIFIC INST. (Sept. 2014), http:/
/pacinst.org/publication/hazards-toll.
33
Id.
34 State Appoints SeaCzar to Expedite Restoration,
SALTON SEA AUTHORITY, available at http://saltonsea
.ca.gov.
35 CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY AND CAL -
IFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, SALTON
SEA TASK FORCE AGENCY ACTION, at http ://resources .ca
.gov/docs/salton_sea/Task_Force_Actions-151007 .pdf.
36
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA),
CA.GOV, available at http://groundwater.ca.gov.
37
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, UNIV.
OF CAL., DIV. OF AGRIC. & NATURAL RES., at http :/
/groundwater.ucdavis.edu/SGMA.
38 Id.
39
Lisa Lien-Mager, Groundwater Adjudication Bills
Sent to Governor’s Desk, ACWA (Sep. 11, 2015), avail -
able at http://www.acwa.com [hereinafter Lien-Mager];
S.B. 226, A.B. 1390 (2015), available at http://www
.leginfo.ca.gov.
40 A.B. 1390 (2105), available at http://www.leginfo
.ca.gov.
41 Id. at Art. 16.
42
Id.
43
Lien-Mager, supra note 39.
44 “Digger,” Putting California’s New Groundwater
Legislation in Perspective, BORREGO WATER UNDER -
GROUND (Feb. 26, 2015), available at http://www
.borregowaterunderground.org.
45 Colin Diersing & Monte Morin, House Passes
California Drought Bill, but Senate Action Is Unlikely,
L.A. TIMES (July 16, 2015), available at http://www
.latimes.com.
46 Id.
47
Association of Cal. Water Agencies, 2014 Water
Bond, available at http://www.acwa.com.
48
Patrick J. Kiger, California Opens Up the Floodgates
for Desalination, DISCOVERY NEWS (May 8, 2015), available
at http://news.discovery.com.
49 Ame Stanko, Nation’s Largest Seawater Desalination
Plant Enhances Water Supply Reliability for San Diego
County (Dec. 14, 2015), available at http://carlsbaddesal
.com.
50 Sharon Chen, Carlsbad Desalination Plant Ready to
Produce Drinking Water, available at fox5sandiego
.com (Dec. 14, 2015).
51
Patrick J. Kiger, California Opens Up the Floodgates
for Desalination, Discovery News (May 8, 2015), available
at http://news.discovery.com.
52 Anthony York, Jerry Brown, Israeli Leader Netan -
yahu Pledge Greater Cooperation, L.A. TIMES (Mar. 5,
2014), available at http://articles.latimes.com.
53
LA County and Israel Team Up to Conserve Water
(Sept. 1, 2015), available at http://supervisorkuehl.com.
54
Dan Arel, California Will Fight the Drought by Turn -
ing Sea Water into Drinking Water, SCIENCE ALERT
(May 29, 2015), available at http://www.sciencealert
.com.
55
Id.
56 San Diego County Water Authority, Seawater De sal -
ination, The Carlsbad Desalination Project (Mar. 2015),
http://www.sdcwa.org/sites/default/files/desal-carlsbad
-fs-single.pdf.
57
Allyson Escobar & Agnes Constante, California
Approves Urban Water Cuts, Seawater Desalination
Guidelines, ASIAN JOURNAL (May 8, 2015), available
at http://asianjournal.com.
58
Justin Gillis, For Drinking Water in Drought,
California Looks Warily to Sea, N.Y. TIMES (Apr. 11,
2015), available at http://www.nytimes.com.
59 Press Release, State Water Resources Control Board,
Senior Water Rights Curtailed in Delta, San Joaquin
& Sacramento Watersheds 1 (June 12, 2015), available
at http://www.swrcb.ca.gov; see also, e.g., curtailment
orders at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov.
60
Id.
61 San Joaquin Tributaries Auth. v. California State
Water Res. Control Bd., No. 2015366 (Stanislaus County
Super. Ct. June 19, 2015); Banta-Carbona Irrigation
Dist. v. California State Water Res. Control Bd., No.
39-2015-00326421-CU-WM-STK (San Joaquin County
Super. Ct. June 18, 2015); Patterson Irrigation Dist. v.
California State Water Res. Control Bd. No. 2015307
(Stanislaus County Super. Ct. June 19, 2015); City of
Riverside v. California State Water Res. Control Bd.,
No. 15CECG01769 (Fresno County Super. Ct. June 4,
2015); West Side Irrigation Dist. v. California State
Water Res. Control Bd., No. 34-2015-80002121
(Sacramento County Super. Ct., June 29, 2015).
62
Order after Hearing on Ex Parte Application for
Temporary Stay Re: Enforcement of Curtailment Notice
or in the Alternative Temporary Restraining Order and/
or for Order to Show Cause Re: Preliminary Injunction,
West Side Irrigation Dist. et al. v. California State Water
Res. Control Bd., No. 34-2015-80002121 (Sacramento
County Super. Ct. July 10, 2015); Dale Kasler, California
Regulators, after Setback, Issue New Water Rights
Curtailments, THE SACRA MENTO BEE (July 15, 2015),
available at http://www.sacbee .com.
63
Id.; Elizabeth Warmerdam, Water Flowing Again for
Some Calif. Farmers, COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE (Sept.
18, 2015), available at http://www.courthousenews.com.
64 See Protecting Our Water and Environmental Re -
sources v. Board of Supervisors of the County of Stani -
slaus, No. CV2006276 (Stanislaus County Super. Ct.
2014); see also, e.g., Bill Jennings, CSPA and POWER
Sue Stanislaus County for CEQA Violations (Jan. 27,
2014), available at http://calsport.org.
65
Id.
66 Id.; Major Partial Settlement Reached in One of
Two Suits Relating to Well Drilling In Stanislaus County,
Calsport.org (Aug. 27, 2014), http://calsport.org.
20 Los Angeles Lawyer April 2016