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Prop 1 oversight hearing, part 2: First out of the gate: State entities with proposed water bond funding

Maven
February 25, 2015
541
Department heads tell legislators how they plan to disburse the first round of funds from Proposition 1 Last November, voters approved the $7.5 billion Proposition 1, the water bond.  The Governor's proposed b... Read More...

Proposition 1 Oversight Hearing, part 1: Background on the water bond and principles for moving forward

Maven
February 24, 2015
432
Anton Favorini-Csorba gives an overview of Prop 1 and makes recommendations for ensuring legislative oversight on the expenditure of water bond funds Last November, voters approved Proposition 1, the water bon... Read More...

Groundwater adjudication hearing, part 3: Panel discussion on options for moving forward

Maven
December 17, 2014
629
Groundwater adjudications, notoriously expensive and time consuming, emerged as an issue during the development and ultimate passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014, and the Brown Administ... Read More...

Groundwater adjudication hearing, part 2: Case Study on the Antelope Valley Adjudication

Maven
December 16, 2014
1922
The Antelope Valley groundwater adjudication case is the current poster child for how painfully long and expensive groundwater adjudications can be.  The enormous case involves a multitude of public agencies, f... Read More...

Groundwater adjudication hearing, part 1: Justice Robie with an overview on how groundwater disputes are resolved in California

Maven
December 15, 2014
1361
In August of this year, Governor Brown signed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requiring local officials for the first time to create sustainable groundwater management plans.  These management plans... Read More...

The House Rules Committee debates HR 5781, the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014

Maven
December 7, 2014
620
The only debate on HR 5781 California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 apparently was in the House Rules Committee hearing on December 3. The Rules Committee, chaired by Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), ac... Read More...

Sustainable Groundwater Management Workshop, Part 3 of 3: The Valley Ag Water Coalition and the Planning and Conservation League weigh in

Maven
May 30, 2014
443
Last month, the Brown Administration held the second of two workshops to gather input on possible groundwater legislation to heard proposals from organizations for the key elements and statutory changes needed ... Read More...

Sustainable Groundwater Management Workshop, Part 2 of 3: ACWA presents their proposal

Maven
May 29, 2014
240
Last month, the Brown Administration held the second of two workshops to gather input on possible groundwater legislation to heard proposals from organizations for the key elements and statutory changes needed ... Read More...

Sustainable Groundwater Management Workshop, Part 1 of 3: The California Water Foundation presents their proposal

Maven
May 28, 2014
1788
Last month, the Brown Administration held the second of two workshops to gather input on possible groundwater legislation to heard proposals from organizations for the key elements and statutory changes needed ... Read More...

Secretary Karen Ross gives an update on the drought and the impacts to California agriculture

Maven
April 14, 2014
168
Karen Ross, Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture, gave an update on the drought during her testimony at an Assembly budget subcommittee last week where she detailed the impacts the drought is hav... Read More...

Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Water oversight hearing on groundwater, part 4: Gary Bardini and Felicia Marcus discuss the path forward

Maven
April 11, 2014
263
On March 18, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water held an informational oversight hearing on groundwater. In this final installment of coverage, Gary Bardini from the Department of Water Resource... Read More...

Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Water oversight hearing on groundwater, part 3: Successes and challenges

Maven
April 10, 2014
204
On March 18, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water held an informational oversight hearing on groundwater.  In this installment of coverage from the hearing, Jay Jasperse from the Sonoma County Wa... Read More...

Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Water oversight hearing on groundwater, part 2: Approaches to groundwater management

Maven
April 9, 2014
246
On March 18, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water held an informational oversight hearing on groundwater. In this portion of the hearing, Andrew Fahlund with the California Water Foundation discu... Read More...

Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Water oversight hearing on groundwater, part 1: Professor Richard Frank on California’s groundwater laws

Maven
April 8, 2014
485
On March 18, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water held an informational oversight hearing on groundwater.  On the agenda, Professor Richard Frank will discuss the laws governing groundwater; Andr... Read More...

Assembly joint informational hearing on California’s groundwater, part 3: Stakeholder perspectives on where should we go from here

Maven
March 21, 2014
557
On March 11, the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife and the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #3 on Resources and Transportation held a joint informational hearing on the management of California’s groundwater reso... Read More...
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