In this case the lawsuit seeks to “validate” DWR’s bond resolutions for the Delta tunnel project.
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While the lawsuit applies to everyone in California, everyone who lives in the service area of the State Water Project are the most likely to get stuck with the bill for this project. In other words, if DWR wins the lawsuit, then no person in California could ever file a lawsuit challenging those bonds or financing mechanisms to repay those bonds.
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This lawsuit is what’s known as a validation lawsuit, which is an "in rem" proceeding (effectively a lawsuit filed against every person in California, and whose judgment is binding upon all of us), in order to validate a bond or government financing mechanism for all time.