James McManis was quoted in the article “San Jose: Attorney Claims City Hall ‘Stole’ Nearly $40 Million from Water Customers.” The firm is currently representing a class of San Jose residents in a lawsuit against the City of San Jose alleging the City misappropriated more than $33 million dollars from its water utility in violation of the California Constitution. Published in the San Jose Mercury News on September 15, 2017, the article reports that City denied an offered settlement. McManis was quoted in the article that the City’s misappropriation of funds was illegal and that refusing to settle is “basically thumbing their nose at 10 percent of the population of San Jose.”