A Quick Public Service Announcement
I remember those blissful days a decade or so ago before the Sacramento Delta settled like a cold, wet blanket over my consciousness. The bliss!
Now not a day goes by when the Delta (Twitter hashtag #SacDelta) isn’t talked about, thought about, flown over or toured. It is at the crux of whatever solution we attain for California’s water problems, so it touches policy discussions we have with our water district, land development and municipal clients. It’s simply become the most important place in all of California.
And coming up next Tuesday is an important hearing at the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee (9:30 a.m., State Capitol, room 437) into how things are going with the Delta Stewardship Council and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. These two entities are critical to the answer to one of the most significant policy discussions of our times: Will California be able to maintain a reliable water supply? For those of you as interested in the topic as we are, here’s the agenda for the meeting:
A G E N D A
I. Opening Comments
II. Panel 1 – Agency Perspectives
- Lester Snow, Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency
- Phil Isenberg, Chair, Delta Stewardship Council
Panel 2 – BDCP Steering Committee Stakeholders’ Perspectives
- Laura King Moon, State Water Contractors
- Ann Hayden, Environmental Defense Fund
- Melinda Terry, North Delta Water Agency
Panel 3 – Perspectives on Integration: BDCP & Delta Counties’ HCP/NCCPs
- Don Nottoli, Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Protection Commission, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
- Jim Provenza, Yolo County Board of Supervisors
- Kim Delfino, Defenders of Wildlife
Panel 4 – Other Interested Stakeholders’ Perspectives
- Barry Nelson, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Osha Meserve, Reclamation District 999, Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Association
III. Public Comment
The Water Policy Oracles will be reading the tea leaves on this hearing for some time to come. We’ll keep you posted on what we hear, mostly via our LPAWater Twitter page.
Tags: BDCP, California, Sacramento delta, Water
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