Category: Public Policy

Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment and Notice of Adoption Meeting – Draft Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board.  – Attached here is a Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment and Notice of Adoption Meeting on the Revised Draft Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring. For further background information, please also the see the attached documents below: Draft Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring in […]

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ACWA, CASA, and WateReuse California – Joint Letter Advocating for Adequate Funding of Water State Revolving Fund Programs

Click here to view a joint letter sent by the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA), California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA), and WateReuse California for adequate funding of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) programs.  

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California State Lands Commission Strategic Plan 2016-2020

CALIFORNIA STATE LANDS COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLAN 2016-2020 The California State Lands Commission invites you to visit its website at http://www.slc.ca.gov/ to view its draft Strategic Plan.  We value the opinions of our stakeholders and look forward to any comments or suggestions you may have.  Please submit your comments to strategicplan@slc.ca.gov.  Dates for public input before […]

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Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Access Improvement Project

 Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Access Improvement Project Seeks Inclusion into Plan Bay Area and Transportation Improvement Program The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) invite Bay Area residents to comment on a proposal to add the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Access Improvement Project to Plan Bay Area and to the 2015 […]

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State Lands Commission Meeting – June 29, 2015

The next meeting of the California State Lands Commission will take place on June 29, 2015 at 10 AM in Sacramento.  Click here to view the agenda, and visit the State Lands Commission website at: www.slc.ca.gov  for furthert information. If you have any questions about the agenda, please email: CSLC.CommissionMeetings@slc.ca.gov.  

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ACWA-Opposed Budget Trailer Bill Could be Taken Up Friday

June 18, 2015 ACWA-Opposed Budget Trailer Bill Could be Taken Up Friday Trailer bill language on mandatory consolidations is now in print and could be taken up as early as Friday on the Assembly and Senate floors. The language, still strongly opposed by ACWA, would authorize the State Water Resources Control Board to mandate consolidations […]

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CEQA exemptions for water projects inserted into budget bill

CEQA exemptions for water projects inserted into budget bill By DAVID SIDERS AND JEREMY B. WHITE Published June 18, 2015 in the Sacramento Bee Some drought-related groundwater and water recycling projects would gain exemptions from the California Environmental Quality Act under late-emerging legislation at the Capitol. The exemption, contained in a budget-related trailer bill, offers a […]

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ACWA-Sponsored Bill on CEQA Noticing Set for Next Hearing on July 1

  June 17, 2015 ACWA-Sponsored Bill on CEQA Noticing Set for Next Hearing on July 1 Support Letters Needed This Week for Senate Environmental Quality Committee The Senate Environmental Quality Committee is set to hear ACWA-sponsored AB 291 on July 1. The legislation, co-sponsored by the McGeorge School of Law Legislative and Public Policy Clinic, […]

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