AGENDA
VirtualAgenda
Groundwater Resources Association & Brownstein
2023 Groundwater Law and Legislation Forum
8:00
GRA PRESIDENT’S WELCOME
About GRA, introduce Board of Directors
Recognize and Thank Sponsors
R.T. Van Valer
Roscoe Moss Company and GRA President
8:15
WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO
Q&A with GRA Members
Toni Atkins (D-San Diego)
Senate President pro Tempore
8:30
SGMA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE
Paul Gosselin, DWR
Deputy Director
9:00
PANEL: PERSPECTIVES ON LONG-TERM WATER SUPPLY CHALLENGES AND AFFORDABLE SOLUTIONS
Moderator, Joone Lopez
• Rob Beste, Assistant General Manager, Water Replenishment District of Southern California
• Michael Camacho, Director, Inland Empire Utilities Agency and Metropolitan Water District
• Mike Markus, General Manager, Orange County Water District
• Nick Serrano, Deputy Chief of Staff, Mayor Todd Gloria, City of San Diego and Vice Chair, San Diego County Water Authority
• Nancy Sutley, Deputy Mayor of Energy and Sustainability, City of Los Angeles (invited)
10:00
MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crawfoot
10:30
OVERVIEW OF METROPOLITAN’S CLIMATE ADAPTATION MASTER PLAN FOR WATER
Liz Crossen, Chief Sustainability, Resiliency and Innovation Officer, Metropolitan Water District
10:45
P3 ALTERNATIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Dan Denham, Deputy General Manager, San Diego County Water Authority
Mohsen Mortada, 3i Strategies
11:00
PANEL: WELL PERMITTING ISSUES
• Brad Herrema, Brownstein, Moderator
• Andy Rogers, Administrator, Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Sustainability Agency
• Roger Van Horn, Supervisor Drinking Water Protection Service / Well Program, Monterey County Health Department, Environmental Health Bureau
11:15
AB 429 (WELLS, PERMITS), AB 560 (ADJUDICATION) AND AB 1563 (extraction permit and verification)
• Steve Bennett (D-Ventura), Member, Assembly Water, Parks & Wildlife Committee
12:00
LUNCH IS SERVED
ACWA Welcome to the Capitol, Cathy Greene, 1st Vice President, Association of California Water Agencies
12:15
SENATOR JOHN LAIRD: MUSINGS AND INTRODUCTION OF MWD BOARD CHAIR ADAN ORTEGA
John Laird (D-Santa Cruz), Member, Senate Natural Resources Committee and former Secretary, Natural Resources Agency
12:30
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE: METROPOLITAN’S CLIMATE ACTION MASTER PLAN: FINDING EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS AND RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE THREATS
Adán Ortega, Chair, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
1:00
SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES VICE-CHAIR FLORA SHARES HIS PERSPECTIVES AS A FARMER, FIREFIGHTER AND BUSINESS OWNER ON POLICY DEBATES AND LEGISLATION RELATED TO FARMING, WATER SUPPLY AND WILDFIRES
Assembly Member Heath Flora (R-San Joaquin), Vice Chair, Natural Resources Committee
1:15
ASSEMBLY WATER, PARKS & WILDLIFE COMMITTEE
UPDATE including the Chair’s AB 1205, declaring certain investments do not constitute a reasonable or beneficial use of water and AB 460, increasing penalties for illegal diversion of water
Bauer-Kahan (D-Alameda), Chair, Assembly Water, Parks & Wildlife Committee
1:30
AB 30 BROADENS THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER PROGRAM administered through the Department of Water Resources to link reservoir and flood control operations with best practices in prediction modeling to optimize water management, increase storage, and reduce flood risk and City of San Diego’s Pure Water Program
Chris Ward (D-San Diego), Member, Assembly Water, Parks & Wildlife
1:45
AB 1176 REQUIRES LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION AND ELECTRIFICATION PLANS ORDER TO MEET THE STATE’S CLIMATE GOALS will need over one million chargers to support the eight million electric vehicles anticipated on the road by 2030, and more to meet the state’s 2035 electric vehicle mandate. AB 1176 addresses the needs of disadvantaged communities. Assembly Member Rick Zbur (D-Los Angeles)
2:00
15-MINUTE BREAK, RETURN TO SEATS BY 1:15 SHARP to begin speed-meetings with California Legislators and Officials
2:15
COLORADO RIVER UPDATE
Jim Madaffer, Vice Chair, Colorado River Board of California
2:30
PANEL: WATER RIGHTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE— ARE WATER RIGHTS FRIEND OR FOE IN THE QUEST
Alf Brandt, General Counsel to Assembly Speaker
District and Metropolitan Water District
• Tim Worley, Managing Director, Community Water Systems Alliance
4:30
CLOSING AND THANKS
• R.T. Van Valer, GRA President
• Adel Hagekhalil, General Manager, MWD
4:30-6:00
HOSTED RECEPTION
Kathy Viatella, Manager of Legislative Affairs, East Bay
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS
TITLE SPONSOR
INTEGRATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, INC. &
Roscoe Moss Company