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  • Judge rules Silicon Valley water fee illegal; customers could get refunds

    04/24/2009 2:33:36 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 4 replies · 506+ views
    Mercury News ^ | 4/24/09 | Paul Rogers
    In a decision that could force Silicon Valley's largest water provider to refund millions — or perhaps tens of millions — of dollars to its customers, a judge on Thursday ruled that one of the Santa Clara Valley Water District's primary fees is illegal. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Kevin Murphy found that the district's "groundwater extraction fee" requires voter approval under Proposition 218, a state law passed in 1996.
  • CA: Water fee plan dropped - Part of $3 monthly charge was earmarked for Delta

    02/03/2006 10:47:30 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 6 replies · 264+ views
    Stockton Record ^ | 2/3/06 | Hank Shaw
    SACRAMENTO - Kiss goodbye that $3-per-month water fee Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had proposed to help shore up state levees. The senator in charge of overseeing the multibillion-dollar waterworks proposal axed the fee proposal Thursday night. And while the fee - some call it a tax - still lives in the Assembly, it appears doomed for the short term. The governor had proposed to charge every household $3 per month to pay for improvement to the state's water system, including maintaining levees in the Delta. The fee's demise means $5 billion of the $35 billion waterworks proposal now must be found...