Barajas

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

A. Sativa Los Angeles County Water District (the Sativa Water District or the District) The Sativa Water District was created in 1938 under the County Water District Law (Wat. Code § 30000 et seq.) to provide potable drinking water to the residents living in a neighborhood in the unincorporated community of Willowbrook and parts of the City of Compton within Los Angeles County. The District’s service area encompasses 180 acres of land, and uses nine miles of pipeline and 1,643 service connections to deliver potable drinking water to more than 6,800 residents. This area is also considered a “disadvantaged unincorporated community,” which means the median household income of the residents is less than 80 percent of the statewide annual median household income. (Gov. Code, § 56033.5; Wat. Code, § 79505.5) The District is governed by a five-member board of directors. In 2018, it was insured by the Special District Risk Management Authority. B. The Sativa Water District fails at its core task From at least 1994 through July 2018, the Sativa Water District “repeatedly” “failed to comply with the monitoring and reporting requirements”…