Brown Bag Seminar:

Webinar: Plaintiffs Pursue Application Of California Area of Origin Law That Would Require Priority Allocations Of CVP And SWP Contract Supply to Area of Origin Contractors

Brown Bag Seminar


Event Information
Date: Friday, December 2, 2011 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Location: Attendees can attend via webinar or in person at: KMTG 400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor Sacramento, CA MCLE Credit: 1 Hour	Sponsored By: Natural Resources Subsection of the State Bar Association's Real Property Section Presenters: Daniel J. O'Hanlon Jennifer Spaletta Program Overview: Join the Natural Resources subsection for an informative presentation by Jennifer Spaletta and Daniel J. O’Hanlon regarding current litigation on California area of origin law. Event participants will learn about pending efforts in state and federal court to apply California area of statutes to give priority deliveries of CVP and SWP water supplies to area of origin users. In addition to a brief overview of California area of origin law and its historical applications, participants will hear about Solano County Water Agency v. Department of Water Resources, currently pending in Sacramento Superior Court. In this litigation, Solano County Water Agency and other agencies who serve water to northern California communities located in areas of origin have filed suit against the California Department of Water Resources. Counsel for plaintiffs will be on hand to explain arguments for having DWR operate the State Water Project to give Plaintiffs a priority to their full SWP contract supplies before exporting water south. Similar arguments in the federal litigation, Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority v. U.S. Department of Interior, will be discussed by council for defendant-intervenors in that case. In federal court, plaintiffs sought and were denied an operation of the Central Valley Project that will give priority allocations to area of origin users before water is exported south of the Delta. This matter is currently on appeal. Registration: To sign up for the webinar, please visit the State Bar's website To sign up to attend in person, please email Lindsey Ono

Event Information

Date:

Friday, December 2, 2011

Time:

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Location:

Attendees can attend via webinar or in person at:

KMTG
400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor
Sacramento, CA

MCLE Credit:

1 Hour

Presenters:

Daniel J. O'Hanlon

Jennifer Spaletta

Program Overview:

Join the Natural Resources subsection for an informative presentation by Jennifer Spaletta and Daniel J. O’Hanlon regarding current litigation on California area of origin law. Event participants will learn about pending efforts in state and federal court to apply California area of statutes to give priority deliveries of CVP and SWP water supplies to area of origin users.

In addition to a brief overview of California area of origin law and its historical applications, participants will hear about Solano County Water Agency v. Department of Water Resources, currently pending in Sacramento Superior Court. In this litigation, Solano County Water Agency and other agencies who serve water to northern California communities located in areas of origin have filed suit against the California Department of Water Resources. Counsel for plaintiffs will be on hand to explain arguments for having DWR operate the State Water Project to give Plaintiffs a priority to their full SWP contract supplies before exporting water south.

Similar arguments in the federal litigation, Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority v. U.S. Department of Interior, will be discussed by council for defendant-intervenors in that case. In federal court, plaintiffs sought and were denied an operation of the Central Valley Project that will give priority allocations to area of origin users before water is exported south of the Delta. This matter is currently on appeal.

Registration:

To sign up for the webinar, please visit the State Bar's website

To sign up to attend in person, please email Lindsey Ono

Brown Bag Seminars

These MCLE accredited seminars focus on a variety of natural resources topics, including air quality, the Endangered Species Act, energy and power, environmental law, wetland regulation, water and mining. KMTG supports this program by securing seminar speakers, arranging for the seminar location, sponsoring online seminar announcements and participating in the seminars by providing a regular attorney moderator as well as providing periodic speakers.

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