Prop 1 oversight hearing, part 2: First out of the gate: State entities with proposed water bond funding Maven Legislative Hearings February 25, 2015Department heads tell legislators how they plan to disburse the first round of funds from Proposition 1 Last November, voters...
Proposition 1 Oversight Hearing, part 1: Background on the water bond and principles for moving forward Maven Legislative Hearings February 24, 2015Anton Favorini-Csorba gives an overview of Prop 1 and makes recommendations for ensuring legislative oversight on the expenditure of water...
Groundwater adjudication hearing, part 3: Panel discussion on options for moving forward Maven Best of the Notebook December 17, 2014Groundwater adjudications, notoriously expensive and time consuming, emerged as an issue during the development and ultimate passage of the Sustainable...
Groundwater adjudication hearing, part 2: Case Study on the Antelope Valley Adjudication Maven Best of the Notebook December 16, 2014The Antelope Valley groundwater adjudication case is the current poster child for how painfully long and expensive groundwater adjudications can...
Groundwater adjudication hearing, part 1: Justice Robie with an overview on how groundwater disputes are resolved in California Maven Best of the Notebook December 15, 2014In August of this year, Governor Brown signed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requiring local officials for the first time...
The House Rules Committee debates HR 5781, the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 Maven Legislative Hearings December 7, 2014The only debate on HR 5781 California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 apparently was in the House Rules Committee...
Sustainable Groundwater Management Workshop, Part 3 of 3: The Valley Ag Water Coalition and the Planning and Conservation League weigh in Maven Legislative Hearings May 30, 2014Last month, the Brown Administration held the second of two workshops to gather input on possible groundwater legislation to heard...
Sustainable Groundwater Management Workshop, Part 2 of 3: ACWA presents their proposal Maven Legislative Hearings May 29, 2014Last month, the Brown Administration held the second of two workshops to gather input on possible groundwater legislation to heard...
Sustainable Groundwater Management Workshop, Part 1 of 3: The California Water Foundation presents their proposal Maven Legislative Hearings May 28, 2014Last month, the Brown Administration held the second of two workshops to gather input on possible groundwater legislation to heard...
Secretary Karen Ross gives an update on the drought and the impacts to California agriculture Maven Legislative Hearings April 14, 2014Karen Ross, Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture, gave an update on the drought during her testimony at...
Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Water oversight hearing on groundwater, part 4: Gary Bardini and Felicia Marcus discuss the path forward Maven Legislative Hearings April 11, 2014On March 18, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water held an informational oversight hearing on groundwater. In this...
Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Water oversight hearing on groundwater, part 3: Successes and challenges Maven Legislative Hearings April 10, 2014On March 18, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water held an informational oversight hearing on groundwater. In this...
Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Water oversight hearing on groundwater, part 2: Approaches to groundwater management Maven Legislative Hearings April 9, 2014On March 18, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water held an informational oversight hearing on groundwater. In this...
Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Water oversight hearing on groundwater, part 1: Professor Richard Frank on California’s groundwater laws Maven Legislative Hearings April 8, 2014On March 18, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water held an informational oversight hearing on groundwater. On the...
Assembly joint informational hearing on California’s groundwater, part 3: Stakeholder perspectives on where should we go from here Maven Legislative Hearings March 21, 2014On March 11, the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife and the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #3 on Resources and Transportation held...
