(California Court of Appeal) - In a lesson action against a Water District challenging the method used by District to calculate wastewater service 'fees or charges' between about 2012 and 2014,the trial court's judgment in favor of defendant, holding that plaintiffs failed to exhaust their administrative remedies under article XIII D of the California structure, and is reversed where: 1) plaintiffs' lesson action is not barred by their failure to exhaust the administrative remedies set forth in section 6 because plaintiffs' substantive challenge involving the method used by District to calculate its wastewater service fees or charges is outside the scope of the administrative remedies; and 2) under the facts of this case,those remedies are, in any event, or inadequate.
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