ROBERTS VS COACHELLA
RIC1905897 Hearing re: Merits
VALLEY WATER
Tentative Ruling:
ANY REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT SHALL BE HEARD AT 9AM
Plaintiff’s requests for judicial notice is GRANTED as to exhibits 9, 10, 14-16, 19-20, 21-23, and
25-27.
Plaintiff’s requests for judicial notice is DENIED as to exhibits 1-8, 11-13, 17-18, 24, and 28-29.
The Petition is GRANTED.
Standing
CCP §863 permits “any interested person” to bring a reverse validation action. The California
Supreme Court has defined this phrase to include “a party contesting the matter in question.”
(Bonander v. Town of Tiburon (2009) 46 Cal.4th 646, 656.) In Citizens Against Forced Annexation


v. County of Santa Clara (1984) 153 Cal.App.3d 89, 96, an unincorporated association composed
of taxpayers, residents, landowners and/or registered voters in Santa Clara County filed an action
challenging