Assembly joint informational hearing on California’s groundwater, part 2: Elements of successful groundwater management Maven Legislative Hearings March 20, 2014On March 11, the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife and the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #3 on Resources and Transportation held...
Assembly joint informational hearing on California’s groundwater, part 1: Where are we now? Maven Legislative Hearings March 19, 2014On March 11, the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife and the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #3 on Resources and Transportation held...
Joint informational hearing on the BDCP, part 2: Delta stakeholders give their perspective Maven Legislative Hearings March 4, 2014On February 25, 2014, the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee and the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife...
Joint informational hearing on the BDCP, part 1: Secretary Laird, Directors Bonham and Cowin on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Legislative Hearings March 3, 2014Legislators hear from administration officials and Delta stakeholders on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan On February 25, 2014, the Senate...
Assembly oversight hearing on the funding structure and economic impacts of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (part 4): Delta stakeholders have their say Maven Legislative Hearings February 24, 2014On February 12th, the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review held an oversight hearing on the funding structure and...
Assembly oversight hearing on the funding structure and economic impacts of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (part 3): San Diego County Water Authority & Contra Costa Water District share their concerns Maven Legislative Hearings February 21, 2014On February 12th, the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review held an oversight hearing on the funding structure and...
Assembly oversight hearing on the funding structure and economic impacts of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (part 2): Anton Favorini-Csorba and Dr. Jeff Michael on funding the BDCP Maven Legislative Hearings February 20, 2014On February 12th, the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review held an oversight hearing on the funding structure and...
Assembly oversight hearing on the funding structure and economic impacts of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (part 1): The Administration’s Perspective Maven Legislative Hearings February 19, 2014On February 12th, the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review held an oversight hearing on the funding structure and...
Maven’s Minutes: H.R. 3964 preps for the House floor at the House Rules Committee hearing Maven Legislative Hearings February 5, 2014Yesterday, the House Rules Committee had two bills before it: H.R. 3964, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act,...
DC legislators talk water storage for California Maven Legislative Hearings November 13, 2013On October 29th,2013, the House Subcommittee on Water and Power held on oversight hearing, A Road Map for Increasing Our...
Maven’s Minutes: Senator Wolk and Assemblymember Rendon present their bonds at the Joint Senate Committee hearing, “Setting the Stage for a 2014 Water Bond: Where Are We and Where Do We Need To Go?” Maven Legislative Hearings September 25, 2013Currently, there are two bond measures that are working their way through the legislative process. Senator Lois Wolk has introduced...
Senate hears water bond proposals; Legislators, public discuss options for 2014 Water Bond Maven Legislative Hearings September 25, 2013From Senator Wolk’s office: A joint hearing of the Senate Environmental Quality and Natural Resources and Water Committees heard presentations...
Maven’s Minutes: Water storage part 3: Optimizing surface and groundwater resources – where do we go from here? Maven Legislative Hearings September 9, 2013California lacks a statewide sustainable groundwater management program, instead leaving groundwater under local control, and while there are a few...
Maven’s Minutes: Water storage, part 2: A look at California’s successful groundwater management and banking programs Maven Best of the Notebook September 3, 2013California has long relied on surface reservoirs to manage the state’s fluctuating water supply as evidenced by the over 1300...
Water Storage in California, part 1: An Overview Maven Legislative Hearings August 28, 2013On March 20, 2013, the Assembly Select Committee on Regional Approaches to Addressing the State’s Water Crisis held an informational...