Opinion No. (1997)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General ANTHONY Da VIGO Deputy Attorney General MESA CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT has requested this office to grant leave to sue in quo warranto upon the following question of fact or law: Did the "de facto annexation" of an area known as Santa Ana Heights by the Irvine Ranch Water District Water Service Company, following its merger with the Santa Ana Heights Water Company which had previously served that area, without the approval of the Local Agency Formation Commission of Orange County and without a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utilities Commission, violate state law? CONCLUSION Granting leave to sue in quo warranto would not serve the public interest in determining whether the "de facto annexation" of an area known as Santa Ana Heights by the Irvine Ranch Water District Water Service Company, following its merger with the Santa Ana Heights Water Company which had previously served that area, without the approval of the Local Agency Formation Commission of Orange County and without a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utilities Commission violated state law. PARTIES MESA…