… When the San Diego County Water Authority settled its long legal battle with the Metropolitan Water District, it brought to a close a nearly 20-year period of expensive and aggressive contention between the two agencies. The agency’s Board of Directors discussed re-upping the contract for the architect of the legal confrontation over all those years, Chris Frahm, from the law firm Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber and Schreck. It blew up into a tense dispute mainly between former San Diego City Councilmember Jim Madaffer, a board member, and General Counsel David Edwards. The dispute was about whether some of Frahm’s work deserved to be considered attorney-client privilege still (the general counsel was vehement it should be public.) … Now, several water managers in the region have sent a letter reiterating that they believe Frahm’s work should be public and demanding the Water Authority chair compel Madaffer to apologize for what could be considered threats and a hostile work environment.