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Timothy M. Taylor (SB #144335)
im.taylor@stoel.com
Elizabeth P. Ewens (SB #213046)
lizabeth.ewens@stoel.com
Lauren V. Neuhaus (SB #327698)
lauren.neuhaus@stoel.com E-FILED
STOEL RIVES LLP 9/11/2020 4:39 PM
500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1600 Superior Court of California
Sacramento, CA 95814 County of Fresno
Telephone: 916.447.0700 By: K. Daves, Deputy
Facsimile: 916.447.4781
Attorneys for Petitioners and Plaintiffs
TEHAMA-COLUSA CANAL AUTHORITY; SAN LUIS & DELTA-
MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY; FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY;
GLENN-COLUSA IRRIGATION DISTRICT; RECLAMATION DISTRICT
108; NATOMAS CENTRAL MUTUAL WATER COMPANY; RIVER
GARDEN FARMS COMPANY; and SUTTER MUTUAL WATER COMPANY
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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COUNTY OF FRESNO
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TEHAMA-COLUSA CANAL AUTHORITY, a CASE NO. 20CECG01303
14 California Joint Powers Authority;
SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER ASSIGNED FoR ALL PURPOSES TO
15 AUTHORITY, a California Joint Powers JUDGE JEFFREY HAMILTON
Authority; DEPARTMENT 54
16 FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY, a California
Joint Powers Authority; PETITIONERS AND PLAINTIFFS’
17 GLENN-COLUSA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, a SUPPLEMENTAL CASE
California Irrigation District; MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
18 RECLAMATION DISTRICT 108, a California
Reclamation District; Case Management Conference
19 NATOMAS CENTRAL MUTUAL WATER Date: September 16, 2020
COMPANY, a California Water Company; Time: 1:30 p.m.
20 RIVER GARDEN FARMS COMPANY, a
business entity; and SUTTER MUTUAL WATER
21 COMPANY, a California Water Company,
22 Petitioners and Plaintiffs, Submitted for filing: April 28, 2020
File-stamped: May 4, 2020
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RESOURCES, a California state agency;
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WILDLIFE, a California State agency,
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Respondents and Defendants.
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Real Parties in Interest.
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Meredith E. Nikkel (SB #254818)
mnikkel@downeybrand.com
Kevin M. O’Brien (SB #122713)
kobrien@downeybrand.com
Andrea P. Clark (SB #226310)
clark@downeybrand.com
DOWNEY BRAND LLP
621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: 916.444.1000
Facsimile: 916.444.2100
Attorneys for Petitioners and Plaintiffs
TEHAMA-COLUSA CANAL AUTHORITY; RECLAMATION
DISTRICT 108; NATOMAS CENTRAL MUTUAL WATER
9 COMPANY; RIVER GARDEN FARMS COMPANY; and SUTTER
MUTUAL WATER COMPANY
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Rebecca R. Akroyd (SB #267305)
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General Counsel
12 SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY
400 Capitol Mall, 28th Floor
13 Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: 916.321.4321
14 Facsimile: 209.826.9698
15 Attorneys for Petitioner and Plaintiff
SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY
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Andrea A. Matarazzo (SB #179198)
17 ndrea@pioneerlawgroup.net
PIONEER LAW GROUP, LLP
18 1122 S Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
19 Telephone: 916.287.9500
Facsimile: 916.287.9515
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Attorneys for Petitioner and Plaintiff
21 SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY
22 Donald M. Davis (SB #169163)
ddavis@bwslaw.com
23 BURKE WILLIAMS & SORENSEN LLP
444 South Flower Street, Suite 2400
24 Los Angeles, CA 90071-2953
Telephone: 213.236.2702
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Attorneys for Petitioner and Plaintiff
26 FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY
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Matthew G. Adams (SB # 229021)
madams@kaplankirsch.com
KAPLAN KIRSCH & ROCKWELL LLP
595 Pacific Avenue, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94133
Telephone: 628.209.4151
Attorneys for Petitioner and Plaintiff
FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY
Andrew M. Hitchings, Esq. (SB #154554)
ahitchings@somachlaw.com
Kelley M. Taber, Esq. (SB #184348)
ktaber@somachlaw.com
SOMACH SIMMONS & DUNN
A Professional Corporation
500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1000
Sacramento, CA 95814
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Facsimile: 916.446.8199
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Attorneys for Petitioner and Plaintiff
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Petitioners/Plaintiffs Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, et al. (“Petitioners”) respectfully
submit this Supplemental Case Management Statement in advance of the September 16, 2020
conference.
Petitioners are informed that on September 8, 2020, the Judicial Council of California
designated San Francisco County Superior Court as the court that will hear the Petitions for
Coordination. Petitioners anticipate that the Honorable Garrett L. Wong, Presiding Judge of San
Francisco County Superior Court, will designate and assign a judge to hear the coordination motion
shortly.
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Elizabeth P. Ewens
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Attorneys for Petitioners and Plaintiffs
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LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY;
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IRRIGATION DISTRICT; RECLAMATION DISTRICT
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COMPANY; RIVER GARDEN FARMS COMPANY;
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DECLARATION OF SERVICE
I declare that I am over the age of eighteen years and not a party to this action. Iam
employed in the City and County of Sacramento and my business address is 500 Capitol Mall,
Suite 1600, Sacramento, California 95814.
On September 11, 2020, at Sacramento, California, I served the attached document(s):
PETITIONERS AND PLAINTIFFS’ SUPPLEMENTAL CASE MANAGEMENT
STATEMENT
on the following parties:
SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST
BY FIRST CLASS MAIL: I am readily familiar with my employer’s practice for the collection and
processing of correspondence for mailing with the U.S. Postal Service. In the ordinary course of business,
correspondence would be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service on the day on which it is collected. On the
10 date written above, following ordinary business practices, I placed for collection and mailing at the offices of
Stoel Rives LLP, 500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1600, Sacramento, California 95814, a copy of the attached document
11 in a sealed envelope, with postage fully prepaid, addressed as shown on the service list. I am aware that on
motion of the party served, service is presumed invalid if the postal cancellation date or postage meter date is.
12 more than one day after the date of deposit for mailing contained in this declaration.
BY FACSIMILE: On the date written above, I caused a copy of the attached document to be transmitted to a
13 fax machine maintained by the person on whom it is served at the fax number shown on the service list. That
transmission was reported as complete and without error and a transmission report was properly issued by the
transmitting fax machine.
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BY HAND DELIVERY: On the date written above, I placed a copy of the attached document in a sealed
15 envelope, with delivery fees paid or provided for, and arranged for it to be delivered by messenger that same.
day to the office of the addressee, as shown on the service list.
16 BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION: | am readily familiar with the firm’s practice for causing documents to be
served via electronic transmission. Following that practice, I caused the aforementioned document(s) to be electronically
submitted to the email addresses on file with the Fresno County Superior Court for Case No. 20CECG01303 using the
17 electronic service provider Odyssey E-File CA.
18 BY OVERNIGHT MAIL: [| am readily familiar with my employer’s practice for the collection and processing
of correspondence for overnight delivery. In the ordinary course of business, correspondence would be
deposited in a box or other facility regularly maintained by the express service carrier or delivered to it by the
19 carrier’s authorized courier on the day on which it is collected. On the date written above, following ordinary
business practices, I placed for collection and overnight delivery at the offices of Stoel Rives LLP, 500 Capitol
20 Mall, Suite 1600, Sacramento, California 95814, a copy of the attached document in a sealed envelope, with
delivery fees prepaid or provided for, addressed as shown on the service list.
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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
22 foregoing is true and correct and that this document was executed on September 11, 2020, at
Sacramento, California.
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William Jenkins Attorneys for Respondents and
Deputy Attorney General Defendants
Eric Katz California Department of Water
Office of the Attorney General Resources
455 Golden Gate Ave., Suite 11000
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-510-3466
William.Jenkins@doj.ca.go
Eric.Katz@doj.ca.gov
James G. Moose Attorneys for Respondents and
Christopher L. Stiles Defendants
REMY MOOSE MANLEY, LLP California Department of Water
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 800 Resources
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Sacramento, CA 95814
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jmoose@rmmenvirolaw.com
12 cstiles@rmmenvirolaw.com
13 Carolyn Nelson Rowan Attorneys for Respondents and
Allison Goldsmith Defendants
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Ali Karaouni California Department of Fish and
15 Daniel Harris Wildlife
Bruce Reeves
16 Randy Barrow
Office of the Attorney General
17 1300 I Street, Room 1530-14
Sacramento, CA 95814
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Phone: 916-210-7814
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Allison.Goldsmith@doj.ca.gov
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Daniel.Harris@doj.ca.go
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Timothy M. Taylor (SB #144335) im.taylor@stoel.com Elizabeth P. Ewens (SB #213046) lizabeth.ewens@stoel.com Lauren V. Neuhaus (SB #327698) lauren.neuhaus@stoel.com E-FILED STOEL RIVES LLP 9/11/2020 4:39 PM 500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1600 Superior Court of California Sacramento, CA 95814 County of Fresno Telephone: 916.447.0700 By: K. Daves, Deputy Facsimile: 916.447.4781 Attorneys for Petitioners and Plaintiffs TEHAMA-COLUSA CANAL AUTHORITY; SAN LUIS & DELTA- MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY; FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY; GLENN-COLUSA IRRIGATION DISTRICT; RECLAMATION DISTRICT 108; NATOMAS CENTRAL MUTUAL WATER COMPANY; RIVER GARDEN FARMS COMPANY; and SUTTER MUTUAL WATER COMPANY 10 [ADDITIONAL COUNSEL ON NEXT PAGE] 11 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 12 COUNTY OF FRESNO 13 TEHAMA-COLUSA CANAL AUTHORITY, a CASE NO. 20CECG01303 14 California Joint Powers Authority; SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER ASSIGNED FoR ALL PURPOSES TO 15 AUTHORITY, a California Joint Powers JUDGE JEFFREY HAMILTON Authority; DEPARTMENT 54 16 FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY, a California Joint Powers Authority; PETITIONERS AND PLAINTIFFS’ 17 GLENN-COLUSA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, a SUPPLEMENTAL CASE California Irrigation District; MANAGEMENT STATEMENT 18 RECLAMATION DISTRICT 108, a California Reclamation District; Case Management Conference 19 NATOMAS CENTRAL MUTUAL WATER Date: September 16, 2020 COMPANY, a California Water Company; Time: 1:30 p.m. 20 RIVER GARDEN FARMS COMPANY, a business entity; and SUTTER MUTUAL WATER 21 COMPANY, a California Water Company, 22 Petitioners and Plaintiffs, Submitted for filing: April 28, 2020 File-stamped: May 4, 2020 23 v 24 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, a California state agency; 25 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, a California State agency, 26 Respondents and Defendants. 27 DOES 1-50, Real Parties in Interest. 28 STOEL RIVES LLP -l- Arronneys AT LAW SACRAMENTO PETITIONERS AND PLAINTIFFS’ SUPPLEMENTAL CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT - 20CECG01303 107991283.1 0072488-00001 Meredith E. Nikkel (SB #254818) mnikkel@downeybrand.com Kevin M. O’Brien (SB #122713) kobrien@downeybrand.com Andrea P. Clark (SB #226310) clark@downeybrand.com DOWNEY BRAND LLP 621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: 916.444.1000 Facsimile: 916.444.2100 Attorneys for Petitioners and Plaintiffs TEHAMA-COLUSA CANAL AUTHORITY; RECLAMATION DISTRICT 108; NATOMAS CENTRAL MUTUAL WATER 9 COMPANY; RIVER GARDEN FARMS COMPANY; and SUTTER MUTUAL WATER COMPANY 10 Rebecca R. Akroyd (SB #267305) 11 Rebecca.akroyd@sldmwa.org General Counsel 12 SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY 400 Capitol Mall, 28th Floor 13 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: 916.321.4321 14 Facsimile: 209.826.9698 15 Attorneys for Petitioner and Plaintiff SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY 16 Andrea A. Matarazzo (SB #179198) 17 ndrea@pioneerlawgroup.net PIONEER LAW GROUP, LLP 18 1122 S Street Sacramento, CA 95811 19 Telephone: 916.287.9500 Facsimile: 916.287.9515 20 Attorneys for Petitioner and Plaintiff 21 SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY 22 Donald M. Davis (SB #169163) ddavis@bwslaw.com 23 BURKE WILLIAMS & SORENSEN LLP 444 South Flower Street, Suite 2400 24 Los Angeles, CA 90071-2953 Telephone: 213.236.2702 25 Attorneys for Petitioner and Plaintiff 26 FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY 27 28 STOEL RIVES LLP -2- Arronneys AT LAW SACRAMENTO PETITIONERS AND PLAINTIFFS’ SUPPLEMENTAL CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT - 20CECG01303 107991283.1 0072488-00001 Matthew G. Adams (SB # 229021) madams@kaplankirsch.com KAPLAN KIRSCH & ROCKWELL LLP 595 Pacific Avenue, 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94133 Telephone: 628.209.4151 Attorneys for Petitioner and Plaintiff FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY Andrew M. Hitchings, Esq. (SB #154554) ahitchings@somachlaw.com Kelley M. Taber, Esq. (SB #184348) ktaber@somachlaw.com SOMACH SIMMONS & DUNN A Professional Corporation 500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 10 Telephone: 916.446.7979 Facsimile: 916.446.8199 11 Attorneys for Petitioner and Plaintiff 12 GLENN-COLUSA IRRIGATION DISTRICT 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STOEL Rives LLP 3- Arronneys AT LAW SACRAMENTO PETITIONERS AND PLAINTIFFS’ SUPPLEMENTAL CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT - 20CECG01303 107991283.1 0072488-00001 Petitioners/Plaintiffs Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, et al. (“Petitioners”) respectfully submit this Supplemental Case Management Statement in advance of the September 16, 2020 conference. Petitioners are informed that on September 8, 2020, the Judicial Council of California designated San Francisco County Superior Court as the court that will hear the Petitions for Coordination. Petitioners anticipate that the Honorable Garrett L. Wong, Presiding Judge of San Francisco County Superior Court, will designate and assign a judge to hear the coordination motion shortly. 10 Dated: September 11, 2020 STOEL RIVES tip 11 12 Elizabeth P. Ewens 13 Lauren V. Neuhaus Attorneys for Petitioners and Plaintiffs 14 TEHAMA-COLUSA CANAL AUTHORITY; SAN, LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY; 15 FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY; GLENN-COLUSA IRRIGATION DISTRICT; RECLAMATION DISTRICT 16 108; NATOMAS CENTRAL MUTUAL WATER COMPANY; RIVER GARDEN FARMS COMPANY; 17 and SUTTER MUTUAL WATER COMPANY 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STOEL Rives LLP -4- ATTORNEYS AT Law SACRAMENTO PETITIONERS AND PLAINTIFFS’ SUPPLEMENTAL CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT - 20CECG01303 107991283.1 0072488-00001 DECLARATION OF SERVICE I declare that I am over the age of eighteen years and not a party to this action. Iam employed in the City and County of Sacramento and my business address is 500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1600, Sacramento, California 95814. On September 11, 2020, at Sacramento, California, I served the attached document(s): PETITIONERS AND PLAINTIFFS’ SUPPLEMENTAL CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT on the following parties: SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST BY FIRST CLASS MAIL: I am readily familiar with my employer’s practice for the collection and processing of correspondence for mailing with the U.S. Postal Service. In the ordinary course of business, correspondence would be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service on the day on which it is collected. On the 10 date written above, following ordinary business practices, I placed for collection and mailing at the offices of Stoel Rives LLP, 500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1600, Sacramento, California 95814, a copy of the attached document 11 in a sealed envelope, with postage fully prepaid, addressed as shown on the service list. I am aware that on motion of the party served, service is presumed invalid if the postal cancellation date or postage meter date is. 12 more than one day after the date of deposit for mailing contained in this declaration. BY FACSIMILE: On the date written above, I caused a copy of the attached document to be transmitted to a 13 fax machine maintained by the person on whom it is served at the fax number shown on the service list. That transmission was reported as complete and without error and a transmission report was properly issued by the transmitting fax machine. 14 BY HAND DELIVERY: On the date written above, I placed a copy of the attached document in a sealed 15 envelope, with delivery fees paid or provided for, and arranged for it to be delivered by messenger that same. day to the office of the addressee, as shown on the service list. 16 BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION: | am readily familiar with the firm’s practice for causing documents to be served via electronic transmission. Following that practice, I caused the aforementioned document(s) to be electronically submitted to the email addresses on file with the Fresno County Superior Court for Case No. 20CECG01303 using the 17 electronic service provider Odyssey E-File CA. 18 BY OVERNIGHT MAIL: [| am readily familiar with my employer’s practice for the collection and processing of correspondence for overnight delivery. In the ordinary course of business, correspondence would be deposited in a box or other facility regularly maintained by the express service carrier or delivered to it by the 19 carrier’s authorized courier on the day on which it is collected. On the date written above, following ordinary business practices, I placed for collection and overnight delivery at the offices of Stoel Rives LLP, 500 Capitol 20 Mall, Suite 1600, Sacramento, California 95814, a copy of the attached document in a sealed envelope, with delivery fees prepaid or provided for, addressed as shown on the service list. 21 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the 22 foregoing is true and correct and that this document was executed on September 11, 2020, at Sacramento, California. 23 a 24 25 Sheila D. Brown 26 27 28 STOEL Rives LLP -5- ATTORNEYS AT Law SACRAMENTO PETITIONERS AND PLAINTIFFS’ SUPPLEMENTAL CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT - 20CECG01303 107991283.1 0072488-00001 SERVICE LIST William Jenkins Attorneys for Respondents and Deputy Attorney General Defendants Eric Katz California Department of Water Office of the Attorney General Resources 455 Golden Gate Ave., Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102 Phone: 415-510-3466 William.Jenkins@doj.ca.go Eric.Katz@doj.ca.gov James G. Moose Attorneys for Respondents and Christopher L. Stiles Defendants REMY MOOSE MANLEY, LLP California Department of Water 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 800 Resources 10 Sacramento, CA 95814 11 Phone: 916-443-2745 jmoose@rmmenvirolaw.com 12 cstiles@rmmenvirolaw.com 13 Carolyn Nelson Rowan Attorneys for Respondents and Allison Goldsmith Defendants 14 Ali Karaouni California Department of Fish and 15 Daniel Harris Wildlife Bruce Reeves 16 Randy Barrow Office of the Attorney General 17 1300 I Street, Room 1530-14 Sacramento, CA 95814 18 Phone: 916-210-7814 19 Carolyn.Rowan@doj.ca.go Allison.Goldsmith@doj.ca.gov 20 Ali.Karaouni@doj.ca.gov Daniel.Harris@doj.ca.go 21 Bruce.Reeves@doj.ca.go' Randy. Barrow@doj.ca.go' 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STOEL RIVES LLP -6- Arronneys AT LAW SACRAMENTO PETITIONERS AND PLAINTIFFS’ SUPPLEMENTAL CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT - 20CECG01303 107991283.1 0072488-00001