Court Reaffirms Constitution’s Role in Water Use Disputes
By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/25
On April 2, 2025, California’s Fifth Appellate District issued a decision in Bring Back the Kern v. City of Bakersfield (April 2, 2025, F087487) (2025 WL 98443). The Court held the “self-executing” reasonableness requirement in Article X, Section 2, of the California Constitution must be applied “whenever adjudicating a use of water.”...
By: Hanson Bridgett