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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
MINUTES
Jan. 12, 2022 Department: 304
IN RE:
Case Number: CPF-14-514004
SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER
AUTHORITY (Consolidated with cases CPF-16-515282,
CPF-18-516389)
Present:
Judge: Anne-Christine Massullo Clerk: Ericka Larnauti
Reporter: Tamara Willat, CSR 4609 Bailiff: Not Present
T: 415.272.1753, E: tamarawillat@sbcglobal.net
Appearing:
Barry W. Lee (via Court Call) Warren A. Braunig
MANATT PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP Nicholas Goldberg
One Embarcadero Center, 30th Floor Julia L. Greenberg (via Court Call)
San Francisco, CA 94111 Dan Jackson (via Court Call)
Tel: 415-291-7450 Maxwell Alderman (via Court Call)
for Respondent Metropolitan Water District of KEKER VAN NEST & PETERS LLP
Southern California 633 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111-1809
Tel: 415-391-5400
for Petitioner San Diego County Water
Authority
Patrick Sullivan (via CourtCall) Mark J. Hattam (via CourtCall)
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER
3031 Torrance Blvd. AUTHORITY
Torrance, CA 90503 4677 Overland Avenue
Tel: 310-618-5810 San Diego, CA 92123
for the City of Torrance Tel: 858-522-6600
for Petitioner San Diego County Water
Authority
Nathan Chen (via CourtCall) Steven M. Kennedy (via CourtCall)
OLIVAREZ MADRUGA BRUNICK, MCELHANEY & KENNEDY,
LEMIEUX & O’NEILL PLC
500 S. Grand, 12th Floor 1839 Commercenter West
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Case No. CPF-14-514004 Date: January 12, 2022
Case Title: In Re: San Diego County Water Authority
Form: P001000
Los Angeles, CA 90071 San Bernardino, CA 92408
Tel: 213-744-0099 Tel: 909-889-8301
for Real Parties in Interest Las Virgenes for Three Valleys Municipal Water District
Municipal Water District, Eastern Municipal
Water District, Foothill Municipal Water
District, West Basin Municipal Water District,
Western Municipal Water District
Alison Flowers (via CourtCall) Heather C. Beatty (via CourtCall)
ALESHIRE & WYNDER, LLP Marcia L. Scully (via CourtCall)
2361 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 475 Patricia Quilizapa (via CourtCall)
El Segundo, CA 90245-4916 METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF
Tel: 310-527-6660 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
for Real Party in Interest Municipal Water 700 N. Alameda St., 11th Fl.
District of Orange County Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tel: 213-217-6279
for Respondent Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California
Justin Jones Rodriguez (via Court Call)
MANATT PHELPS & PHILLIPS LLP
11355 W Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel: 310.312.4103
for Respondent Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California
The above-entitled cause comes on calendar having been scheduled for a case management
conference.
9:21 am Court personnel and counsel are present as noted above. The Court informs
counsel that she will be keeping this case after she moves to Department 306.
Court and counsel discuss the request to stay the case to focus on settlement discussions. The
Court grants 35-day discovery stay, with counsel providing weekly the Court with check-ins.
The Court notes that the parties are to continue working on any outstanding discovery.
Counsel are directed to meet and confer on a new summary judgment hearing date.
Weekly check-ins via email will begin January 19, 2022.
The Court sets the next case management conference for February 23, 2022 at 9:15 am.
Hearing concludes.
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Case No. CPF-14-514004 Date: January 12, 2022
Case Title: In Re: San Diego County Water Authority
Form: P001000
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