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Exhibit 10.36

                         CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP
                       RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD GRANT NOTICE
                              EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

California Water Service Group (the "Company"), pursuant to its Equity Incentive
Plan (the  "Plan"),  hereby  awards to  Participant  the number of shares of the
Company's Common Stock set forth below  ("Award").  This Award is subject to all
of the terms and  conditions  as set forth  herein and in the  Restricted  Stock
Award Agreement,  the Plan, the form of Assignment Separate from Certificate and
the form of Joint  Escrow  Instructions,  all of which are  attached  hereto and
incorporated herein in their entirety.

Participant:
Date of Grant:
Vesting Commencement Date:
Number of Shares Subject to Award:
Consideration:                                       Participant's Past Services

Vesting Schedule:   [ ]  100% of the  shares vest  ___  years after  the Vesting
                         Commencement Date

                    [ ]  The  shares  vest  annually  over ___  years  after the
                         Vesting Commencement Date

                    [ ]  The  shares  vest  quarterly  over ___ years  after the
                         Vesting Commencement Date

                    [ ]  The  shares  vest  monthly  over ___  years  after  the
                         Vesting Commencement Date

                    [ ]  ___% of the shares vest on the first anniversary of the
                         Vesting Commencement Date; thereafter,  the shares vest
                         monthly quarterly annually, over ___ years

                    Vesting is contingent upon completion of Continuous Service;
                    annual,  quarterly  or  monthly  vesting is at an equal rate
                    over the vesting period.

Additional  Terms/Acknowledgements:  The  undersigned  Participant  acknowledges
receipt of, and  understands  and agrees to, this Grant Notice,  the  Restricted
Stock Award Agreement and the Plan.  Participant further acknowledges that as of
the Date of Grant,  this Grant Notice,  the Restricted  Stock  Agreement and the
Plan set forth the entire  understanding  between  Participant  and the  Company
regarding the  acquisition  of stock in the Company and supersede all prior oral
and  written  agreements  on that  subject  with  the  exception  of (i)  Awards
previously  granted and delivered to  Participant  under the Plan,  and (ii) the
following agreements only:

         OTHER AGREEMENTS:
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CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP                          PARTICIPANT:

By:
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               Signature                                  Signature

Title:                                     Date:
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Date:
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ATTACHMENTS:  Restricted Stock Award  Agreement,  Equity Incentive Plan, form of
              Assignment  Separate  from  Certificate  and form of Joint  Escrow
              InstructionsExhibit 10.38

                         CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP

                              EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

                        RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

     Pursuant to the Restricted  Stock Award Grant Notice  ("Grant  Notice") and
this  Restricted  Stock  Award  Agreement  (collectively,  the  "Award")  and in
consideration  of your  past  services,  California  Water  Service  Group  (the
"Company") has awarded you restricted stock under its Equity Incentive Plan (the
"Plan") for the number of shares of the  Company's  Common Stock  subject to the
Award as indicated in the Grant Notice.  Defined terms not explicitly defined in
this  Restricted  Stock  Award  Agreement  but defined in the Plan have the same
definitions as in the Plan.

     The details of your Award are as follows:

     1. VESTING.  Subject to the limitations  contained herein,  your Award will
vest as provided in the Grant Notice,  provided that vesting will cease upon the
termination of your Continuous Service.

     2.  NUMBER OF  SHARES.  The  number of shares  subject to your Award may be
adjusted from time to time for  Capitalization  Adjustments,  as provided in the
Plan.

     3. SECURITIES LAW  COMPLIANCE.  You may not be issued any shares under your
Award unless the shares are either (i) then registered  under the Securities Act
or (ii) the Company has  determined  that such issuance would be exempt from the
registration  requirements  of the  Securities  Act. Your Award must also comply
with other applicable laws and regulations governing the Award, and you will not
receive such shares if the Company  determines that such receipt would not be in
material compliance with such laws and regulations.

     4. RIGHT OF FIRST  REFUSAL.  Shares that are received  under your Award are
subject to any right of first  refusal that may be  described  in the  Company's
bylaws in effect at such time the Company elects to exercise its right.

     5. RIGHT OF REACQUISITION.

          (a) To the extent  provided in the Company's  bylaws,  as amended from
     time to time,  the Company will have the right to reacquire all or any part
     of the shares received pursuant to your Award (a "Reacquisition Right").

          (b) To the  extent  a  Reacquisition  Right  is  not  provided  in the
     Company's  bylaws,  as amended  from time to time,  the Company will have a
     Reacquisition  Right as to the shares you  received  pursuant to your Award
     that have not as yet vested in accordance with the Vesting  Schedule on the
     Grant Notice ("Unvested Shares") on the following terms and conditions:

               (i) The Company will,  simultaneously  with  termination  of your
          Continuous Service,  automatically  reacquire for no consideration all
          of the  Unvested  Shares,  unless  the  Company  agrees  to waive  its
          Reacquisition Right as to some or all of the Unvested Shares. Any such
          waiver shall be  exercised by the Company by written  notice to you or
          your  representative  (with a copy to the  Escrow  Holder  as  defined
          below)  within  90 days  after  the  termination  of  your  Continuous
          Service,  and the Escrow  Holder may then release to you the number of
          Unvested  Shares not being  reacquired by the Company.  If the Company
          does not  waive  its  Reacquisition  Right  as to all of the  Unvested
          Shares,  then upon such  termination of your Continuous  Service,  the
          Escrow  Holder shall  transfer to the Company the number of shares the
          Company is reacquiring.

               (ii) The Company will have the right to reacquire Unvested shares
          for no monetary consideration (that is, for $0.00).

               (iii) The shares  issued  under your Award will be held in escrow
          pursuant to the terms of the Joint Escrow Instructions attached to the
          Grant  Notice as  Attachment  IV. You agree to execute two  Assignment
          Separate From Certificate forms (with date and number of shares blank)
          substantially  in the form  attached to the Grant Notice as Attachment
          III and deliver the same,  along with the  certificate or certificates
          evidencing  the shares,  for use by the escrow  agent  pursuant to the
          terms of the Joint Escrow Instructions.

               (iv) Subject to the provisions of your Award,  you shall,  during
          the term of your  Award,  exercise  all  rights  and  privileges  of a
          shareholder  of the Company  with  respect to the shares  deposited in
          escrow. You will be deemed to be the holder of the shares for purposes
          of  receiving  any  dividends  which may be paid with  respect to such
          shares and for purposes of exercising  any voting  rights  relating to
          such  shares,  even if some or all of such  shares have not yet vested
          and been released from the Company's Reacquisition Right.

               (v) If,  from time to time,  there is any stock  dividend,  stock
          split  or  other  change  in the  character  or  amount  of any of the
          outstanding  stock of the corporation the stock of which is subject to
          the  provisions  of your  Award,  then in such  event any and all new,
          substituted  or  additional  securities  to which you is  entitled  by
          reason of your ownership of the shares  acquired under your Award will
          be immediately  subject to the Reacquisition Right with the same force
          and  effect  as  the  shares  subject  to  this  Reacquisition   Right
          immediately before such event.

     6. RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS. The shares issued under your Award will be endorsed
with appropriate legends determined by the Company.

     7. AWARD NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. Your Award is not an employment or service
contract,  and  nothing  in your  Award  will be  deemed  to  create  in any way
whatsoever  any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the Company
or an Affiliate,  or on the part of the Company or an Affiliate to continue your
employment.  In addition,  nothing in your Award will obligate the Company or an
Affiliate,  their  respective  shareholders,  boards of  directors,  Officers or
Employees  to  continue  any  relationship  that you might have as a Director or
Consultant for the Company or an Affiliate.

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     8. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS.

          (a) At the  time  your  Award is made,  or at any time  thereafter  as
     requested by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and
     any other  amounts  payable to you, and  otherwise  agree to make  adequate
     provision  for any sums required to satisfy the federal,  state,  local and
     foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or an Affiliate, if any,
     which arise in connection with your Award.

          (b) Unless the tax  withholding  obligations of the Company and/or any
     Affiliate  are  satisfied,  the Company will have no  obligation to issue a
     certificate for such shares or release such shares from any escrow provided
     for herein.

     9. TAX  CONSEQUENCES.  The  acquisition  and vesting of the shares may have
adverse  tax  consequences  to you that may  avoided or  mitigated  by filing an
election  under  Section  83(b) of the Internal  Revenue  Code,  as amended (the
"Code").  Such  election  must be filed  within  30 days  after the date of your
Award.  YOU  ACKNOWLEDGE  THAT  IT IS  YOUR  OWN  RESPONSIBILITY,  AND  NOT  THE
COMPANY'S,  TO FILE A TIMELY  ELECTION  UNDER CODE  SECTION  83(B),  EVEN IF YOU
REQUEST THE COMPANY TO MAKE THE FILING ON YOUR BEHALF.

     10.  NOTICES.  Any notices  provided  for in your Award or the Plan will be
given in writing and will be deemed  effectively  given upon  receipt or, in the
case of notices  delivered by the Company to you, five days after deposit in the
United States mail,  postage  prepaid,  addressed to you at the last address you
provided to the Company.

     11. MISCELLANEOUS.

          (a) The rights and obligations of the Company under your Award will be
     transferable to any one or more persons or entities,  and all covenants and
     agreements  hereunder  will inure to the benefit of, and be  enforceable by
     the Company's  successors and assigns.  Your rights and  obligations  under
     your  Award may only be  assigned  with the prior  written  consent  of the
     Company.

          (b) You agree  upon  request  to  execute  any  further  documents  or
     instruments necessary or desirable in the sole determination of the Company
     to carry out the purposes or intent of your Award.

          (c) You acknowledge and agree that you have reviewed your Award in its
     entirety,  have had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to
     executing and accepting  your Award and fully  understand all provisions of
     your Award.

     12. GOVERNING PLAN DOCUMENT. Your Award is subject to all the provisions of
the Plan, the  provisions of which are hereby made a part of your Award,  and is
further subject to all interpretations,  amendments, rules and regulations which
may from time to time be  promulgated  and adopted  pursuant to the Plan. In the
event of any  conflict  between  the  provisions  of your Award and those of the
Plan, the provisions of the Plan will control.

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                      ASSIGNMENT SEPARATE FROM CERTIFICATE

     FOR VALUE  RECEIVED  and pursuant to that  certain  Restricted  Stock Award
Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Award Agreement (the "Award"),  [Participant's
Name] hereby  assigns and  transfers  unto  California  Water Service  Group,  a
Delaware corporation ("Assignee"),  __________ shares of the common stock of the
Assignee,  standing in the  undersigned's  name on the books of said corporation
represented by Certificate No. ____ herewith and do hereby  irrevocably  appoint
__________________________ as attorney-in-fact to transfer the said stock to the
Assignee with full power of substitution in the premises. This Assignment may be
used only in  accordance  with and  subject to the terms and  conditions  of the
Award,  in connection  with the  reacquisition  of shares of common stock of the
Assignee issued to the undersigned pursuant to the Award, and only to the extent
that such shares remain subject to the Assignee's  reacquisition right under the
Award.

Dated:
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                                    Signature:
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                                              [Participant's Name], Recipient

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                           JOINT ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS

[date]

Corporate Secretary
California Water Service Group
c/o California Water Service Company
1720 N. First St.
San Jose, CA 95112

Dear Sir/Madam:

     As  Escrow  Agent for both  California  Water  Service  Group,  a  Delaware
corporation  (the  "Company"),  and the  undersigned  recipient  of stock of the
Company  ("Recipient"),  you are  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to hold the
documents  delivered  to you  pursuant to the terms of that  certain  Restricted
Stock Award Grant Notice (the "Grant Notice"), dated ________________ to which a
copy of these  Joint  Escrow  Instructions  is attached  as  Attachment  IV, and
pursuant  to  the  terms  of  that  certain  Restricted  Stock  Award  Agreement
("Agreement"), which is Attachment I to the Grant Notice, in accordance with the
following instructions:

     1. In the event  Recipient  ceases to render  services to the Company or an
affiliate  of the  Company  during  the  vesting  period  set forth in the Grant
Notice,  the Company or its assignee  will give to  Recipient  and you a written
notice  specifying  that the shares of stock will be transferred to the Company.
Recipient and the Company hereby  irrevocably  authorize and direct you to close
the transaction contemplated by such notice in accordance with the terms of said
notice.

     2. At the  closing  you are  directed  (a) to date  any  stock  assignments
necessary  for the  transfer  in  question,  (b) to fill in the number of shares
being  transferred,  and (c) to  deliver  same,  together  with the  certificate
evidencing the shares of stock to be transferred, to the Company.

     3.  Recipient  irrevocably  authorizes  the Company to deposit with you any
certificates  evidencing  shares  of stock to be held by you  hereunder  and any
additions  and  substitutions  to said shares as specified in the Grant  Notice.
Recipient does hereby  irrevocably  appoint you as Recipient's  attorney-in-fact
and agent for the term of this escrow to execute with respect to such securities
and other  property all  documents of assignment  and/or  transfer and all stock
certificates  necessary or  appropriate  to make all  securities  negotiable and
complete any transaction herein contemplated.

     4. This  escrow  will  terminate  upon  vesting  of the  shares or upon the
earlier return of the shares to the Company.

     5. If at the time of  termination  of this  escrow you should  have in your
possession any documents,  securities, or other property belonging to Recipient,
you shall  deliver all of same to any pledgee  entitled  thereto or, if none, to
Recipient and will be discharged of all further obligations hereunder.

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     6. Your duties hereunder may be altered,  amended, modified or revoked only
by a writing signed by all of the parties hereto.

     7. You shall be obligated  only for the  performance  of such duties as are
specifically  set forth  herein and may rely and will be protected in relying or
refraining  from  acting  on any  instrument  reasonably  believed  by you to be
genuine and to have been signed or  presented  by the proper party or parties or
their  assignees.  You will not be  personally  liable for any act you may do or
omit to do hereunder as Escrow Agent or as attorney-in-fact  for Recipient while
acting in good faith and any act done or omitted by you  pursuant  to the advice
of your own attorneys will be conclusive evidence of such good faith.

     8. You are hereby  expressly  authorized  to disregard any and all warnings
given by any of the  parties  hereto  or by any  other  person  or  corporation,
excepting  only  orders or  process of courts of law,  and are hereby  expressly
authorized to comply with and obey orders, judgments or decrees of any court. In
case you obey or comply  with any such  order,  judgment or decree of any court,
you will not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person, firm
or corporation  by reason of such  compliance,  notwithstanding  any such order,
judgment or decree being subsequently reversed,  modified,  annulled, set aside,
vacated or found to have been entered without jurisdiction.

     9. You will not be  liable  in any  respect  on  account  of the  identity,
authority or rights of the parties  executing or  delivering  or  purporting  to
execute or deliver the Grant  Notice or any  documents  or papers  deposited  or
called for hereunder.

     10.  You will not be  liable  for the  outlawing  of any  rights  under any
statute of limitations  with respect to these Joint Escrow  Instructions  or any
documents deposited with you.

     11. You will be entitled to employ such legal  counsel,  including  but not
limited to Hanson,  Bridgett,  Marcus,  Vlahos & Rudy, LLP, and other experts as
you  may  deem  necessary  properly  to  advise  you  in  connection  with  your
obligations  hereunder,  may rely upon the advice of such  counsel,  and may pay
such counsel reasonable compensation therefor.

     12. Your  responsibilities  as Escrow Agent hereunder will terminate if you
cease to be Secretary of the Company or if you resign by written  notice to each
party. In the event of any such termination, the Company may appoint any officer
or  assistant  officer of the Company as successor  Escrow  Agent and  Recipient
hereby  confirms  the  appointment  of  such  successor  or  successors  as  his
attorney-in-fact and agent to the full extent of your appointment.

     13. If you  reasonably  require other or further  instruments in connection
with these Joint Escrow  Instructions  or  obligations  in respect  hereto,  the
necessary parties hereto shall join in furnishing such instruments.

     14. It is understood  and agreed that should any dispute arise with respect
to the delivery and/or  ownership or right of possession of the securities,  you
may (but are not obligated to) retain in your  possession  without  liability to
anyone all or any part of said securities  until such dispute has settled either
by mutual written agreement of the parties concerned or by a final order, decree
or judgment of a court of competent  jurisdiction  after the time for appeal has
expired  and no  appeal  has  been  perfected,  but you  will be  under  no duty
whatsoever to institute or defend any such proceedings.

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     15. Any notice required or permitted hereunder will be given in writing and
will be deemed  effectively  given upon personal delivery or upon deposit in any
United States Post Box, by  registered  or certified  mail with postage and fees
prepaid,  addressed  to each  of the  other  parties  hereunto  entitled  at the
following  addresses,  or at such other addresses as a party may designate by 10
days' written notice to each of the other parties hereto:

  COMPANY:          California Water Service Group
                    c/o California Water Service Company
                    1720 N. First St.
                    San Jose, CA 95112
                    Attn:  General Counsel / Chief Financial Officer

  RECIPIENT:
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  ESCROW AGENT:     California Water Service Group
                    c/o California Water Service Company
                    1720 N. First St.
                    San Jose, CA 95112
                    Attn:  Corporate Secretary

     16. By signing  these Joint Escrow  Instructions  you become a party hereto
only for the  purpose of said  Joint  Escrow  Instructions;  you do not become a
party to the Grant Notice.

     17. This  instrument  will be binding  upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto,  and their respective  successors and permitted  assigns.  It is
understood  and agreed that  references  to "you" or "your"  herein refer to the
original  Escrow  Agent  and to any  and  all  successor  Escrow  Agents.  It is
understood  and  agreed  that the  Company  may at any time or from time to time
assign its rights under the Grant Notice and these Joint Escrow  Instructions in
whole or in part.

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP

                                    By:
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                                    RECIPIENT

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                                    [Participant's Name]
ESCROW AGENT:
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