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Informational/Oversight Hearings

February 12, 2013 Joint Informational Hearing

Senate Natural Resources and Water and Senate Environmental Quality

"The Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing in Oil and Gas Production in California" 

2/12/13 Agenda

Audio Recording of hearing

Background

Panel 1 - Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources

Response to Committee questions

PowerPoint

Panel 2 - Regulatory Agencies

Department of Toxic Substances Control

State Water Resources Control Board

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution District

South Coast Air Quality Management District

California Air Resources Board

Panel 3 - Local Government Representatives

Lorelei Oviatt, Director of Planning and Community Development for Kern County

Santa Cruz County Letter

Santa Cruz County Resolution

Panel 4 - Stakeholder Overview

Clean Water Action 2013 Legislative Priorities

Clean Water Action Review of Draft Regulations

Clean Water Action Recommendations

Culver City Comments

February 20, 2013

Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Natural Resources and Water and Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committees

"Department of Parks and Recreation - Review of Audits and Compliance with 2012 Legislation"

2/20/13 Agenda

Video of Hearing

Background

Revenue Generation Plan

Letter from Attorney General, Kamala Harris

Letter from District Attorney, Jan Scully

California State Auditor Statement

February 26, 2013

Joint Informational Hearing: Senate Natural Resources and Water and Governance and Fiance Committees

"Overview of California's Debt Condition: Priming the Pump for a Water Bond"

2/26/13 Agenda

Audio Recording of Hearing

Background

Debt Affordability Report

Standard & Poor's RatingsDirect

Legislative Analyst's Office - State Infrastructure Bonds

Legislative Analyst's Office - Building a Water Bond

Ellen Hanak Testimony

Ellen Hanak PowerPoint

Treasurers Report

March 12, 2013

Informational Hearing

"What's Changed Since the Legislature Passed the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010?"

3/12/13 Agenda

Audio Recording of Hearing

Water Bond

Background

AB 685 (Goldenrod attachment)

Demographic Data (Blue attachment)

LAO Letter Hon. Luis Alejo (Green attachement)

Storage Developments for California Water - Jay Lund

Southern California Water Committee

Communities That Rely On a Contaminated Groundwater Source for Drinking Water

Resilience and the Recent Drought

April 30, 2013

Joint Informational Hearing: Natural Reasources and Water and Select Committee on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

"The Bay Delta Conservation Plan: Overview of the Issues"

4/30/13 Agenda

Audio Recording of Hearing

Brochures

Proposed Portfolio Approach

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Letter from Legislators to Secretary Laird

Letter from Secretary Laird to Legislators

Select Newspaper Articles

California officials unveil Delta water tunnel plan

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/14/5263847/california-officials-unveil-delta.html

California voters, lawmakers have no say in OK of major river diversion plan

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/24/5288162/california-voters-lawmakers-have.html

Delta water tunnels post a tangle of complexities

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/27/5297445/delta-water-tunnels-pose-a-tangle.html

State water tunnel plans call for rerouting of 3 Delta highways for years

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/07/5322193/state-water-tunnel-plans-call.html

Federal agencies raise concerns about Delta tunnel plan

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/16/5344645/federal-agencies-raise-concerns.html

Gov. Jerry Brown presses feds for quick review of Delta water tunnel project
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/26/5373295/gov-jerry-brown-presses-feds-for.html

Delta tunnel project to radically change Sacramento County landscape:

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/28/5377328/delta-tunnel-project-to-radically.html

Interactive map: Sacramento Delta tunnel project

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/28/5375593/interactive-map-sacramento-delta.html

Additional Information

Link to current BDCP brochures, press releases, and federal fishery agencies’ comments on administrative draft:  http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/BDCPPlanningProcess/DocumentsAndDrafts.aspx

Link to current draft of BDCP:  http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Library/DocumentsLandingPage/BDCPDocuments.aspx

May 10, 2013

Out of Town Informational Hearing: Pepperdine University

"Encouraging Regional Water Solutions: Implications for a Statewide Water Bond"

5/10/13 Agenda

Audio Recording of Hearing

Susan Mulligan - Calleguas presentation

Deven Upadhyay - Metropolitan Water District presentation

Adi Liberman - Community Conservation Solutions

David Pettijohn - LA Dept. of Water and Power presentation

May 14, 2013

Joint Informational Hearing: Natural Reasources and Water and Select Committee on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

"The Bay Delta Conservation Plan: Perspectives on the Plan"

5/14/13 Agenda

Auido of Hearing

Maven’s Minutes: Joint Informational Hearing: natural Resources and Water and Select Committee on the Delta: “BDCP: Overview of the Issues”
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/05/08/mavens-minutes-joint-informational-hearing-natural-reasources-and-water-and-select-committee-on-the-sacramento-san-joaquin-delta-the-bay-delta-conservation-plan-overview-of-the-issues/

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