The Solano County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to authorize county counsel to file an appeal of the Department of Water Resources' (DWR) certification of consistency filed with the Delta Stewardship Council for the Delta Conservancy project.

Chair Mitch Mashburn reported the action after the board reconvened from closed session: "With a unanimous vote, the board has authorized county counsel to file an appeal of DWR certification of consistency filed with the Delta Stewardship Council for the Delta Conservancy project," the chair said during the meeting's report out.

The vote was recorded as unanimous among members present; Supervisors John James and Wanda Williams had excused absences at roll call. The meeting record did not identify a mover or seconder for the authorization, nor did it provide a roll-call vote listing individual votes in the public report. The board then proceeded to other closed-session items, on which the board indicated there would be no further report out at the public meeting.

The matter was listed on the agenda under closed session as "conference with legal counsel — anticipated litigation, pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4), initiation of litigation (one case)." The action reported out authorizes county counsel to proceed with the next step in the county's legal response to DWR's certification of consistency for the Delta Conservancy project; the meeting did not provide additional legal filings or a timeline for the appeal.

No other details about the grounds for the appeal, associated legal counsel, or expected next steps were provided in the public report.