Legal Trend: Are Tiered Water Rates Constitutional?

A California Appellate Court is soon to rule on whether tiered water rate structures are constitutional.

A case from San Juan Capistrano residents is calling into question the drought measures put in place by Governor Brown by challenging tiered water rates. The residents rely on a California state law that prohibits water agencies from charging more for water than the cost of producing and delivering it. Couple that argument with a 1996 law that prohibits price gouging by local governments, and water rate structures are being challenged. 

This case may impact as many as 2/3 of the water rates in California into chaos. 

LA Times