This case raises the question of whether an agency’s adoption of water rates are subject to referendum.  The Court of Appeal found that setting water rates is a legislative act, and therefore is subject to referendum.  The California Supreme Court granted review.  CSAC’s brief in the Supreme Court, which was drafted by Michael Colantuono of Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley in Grass Valley, argues that such levies are not subject to referendum, but are subject to the people’s initiative power.