( November 21, 2023, 2:05 PM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California state appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s denial of an attempt by the San Joaquin Tributaries Authority (SJTA) to separately intervene in all cases in a Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding (JCCP) challenging California’s adoption of amendments to the water quality control plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (Bay/Delta Plan), agreeing that the lower court did not err in denying the authority mandatory or permissive intervention under state law....