Water Resources Governance: Taking Another Hard Look
Moderator: Dennis O'Connor , Consultant , Senate Natural Resources & Water Committee
Participants: Celeste Cantu , General Manager , Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
Paul Helliker , General Manager , Marin Municipal Water District
Jeff Kightlinger , General Manager , MWD of Southern California
Randy Kanouse , Special Assistant to the General Manager , East Bay MUD
Linda Sheehan , Executive Director , California Coastkeeper Alliance
Description:

Discussion Questions:

• What are the essential prerequisites for good water governance at the state, regional, and local level?
• What governance decisions are best made at each level?
• Can water be governed if groundwater is mostly off limits?
• Can water be governed independent of land use governance?
• How do you envision climate change affecting state, regional, and local water supply and water rights governance?