FEATURE ARTICLE

March 2009

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California Appellate Court Decides Meaning of California’s Recently-Enacted Water Supply Assessment Statute

In 2002, the California Legislature enacted a statute requiring coordination of water supply planning and land use planning by agencies responsible for these planning functions. The statute requires water agencies to assess the sufficiency of water supplies for proposed projects, and requires local governments to consider the assessments in deciding whether to approve the projects.