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  • Editorial: Lodi's legal hell

    01/03/2004 9:15:27 PM PST · by farmfriend · 7 replies · 118+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | January 3, 2004 | Bee Editorial Staff
    <p>Faced with a not-so-novel groundwater pollution problem, the city of Lodi in San Joaquin County came up with a novel strategy: Assume authority from the state and federal governments for the clean-up, and then pass a local law that forces the polluters (or their insurance companies) to pay whatever legal costs the city might run up during the process of prosecuting the case.</p>