Dhaliwal

Filed 4/21/15 Modified and certified for publication 5/20/15 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento)

SACRAMENTO AREA FLOOD CONTROL AGENCY, C073098

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 34-2010-0070156) v.

BRINDERJIT S. DHALIWAL, as Co-executor, etc., et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

In this eminent domain proceeding, plaintiff Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) acquired a fee simple interest in, a roadway easement over, and a temporary construction easement over a portion of defendant Ranjit S. Dhaliwal’s roughly 131-acre property in the Natomas Basin for use in connection with the Natomas Levee Improvement Program. The jury awarded Dhaliwal $178,703 for the property taken and $29,100 in severance damages. Brinderjit S. Dhaliwal and Gurdeep S. Dhaliwal, as co-executors of Dhaliwal’s estate, appeal.

1 The notice of appeal was filed on behalf of Ranjit S. Dhaliwal. On August 29, 2013, this court ordered that Brinderjit S. Dhaliwal and Gurdeep S. Dhaliwal, as co-executors of the Estate of Ranjit S. Dhaliwal, be…