MEDIA STATEMENT Emergency Declaration Underscores Region’s Drought Concerns, Actions to Protect the Lower American River Sacramento, Calif. – The following statement was released today by Jessica Law, Executive Director of…
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Advocacy
Representing Regional Needs on Legislative and Regulatory Policies
In 2013, the Regional Water Authority Board of Directors approved a five-year strategic plan. A key component of the plan was advocacy. The Board’s goal: Ensure that regional needs and concerns are positively represented on legislative and regulatory policies and actions. To achieve this goal, RWA launched the Advocacy Program and dedicated resources to a contract lobbyist and staffing for the program. Since 2015, RWA members have worked together to develop the program by creating a structure, identifying priorities, setting goals and engaging members in a vision. In 2016, RWA launched the program on a subscription basis. In 2019, the Advocacy Program embarked as a permanent program offered to members. The transition was testament to the program’s accomplishments and results.
2020 Legislative Session
Please see the current list of bills with a formal position through the link below. Additionally, please check back for updates on these bills, and what the legislative process will look like for the remainder of the 2020 session. Current List of Bills
AB 60 Support If Amended AB 217 Oppose Unless Amended AB 296 Support Letter AB 402 Oppose Unless Amended AB 533 Support Letter AB 756 Oppose Letter
SB 1 Coalition Letter Oppose Unless Amended SB 19 Support Letter SB 134 Support Letter SB 200 Support Letter SB 487 Support Letter SB 669 Support Letter
Read RWA’s Federal Legislative Platform (approved by the RWA Board on January 14, 2021) Read RWA’s Board Approved RWA Legislative And Regulatory Policy Principles (approved by the RWA Board on January 14, 2021) Read the 2020 Advocacy Program Highlights.
For information about RWA’s Advocacy Program, contact Ryan Ojakian, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Manager.
Legislative and Regulatory News
Senate Budget Proposal Could Boost Resiliency to Drought and Climate Change in the Sacramento Region Sacramento, Calif. – Jim Peifer, Executive Director of the Regional Water Authority, issued the following…
Federal Affairs Standing Committee Agenda for April 21, 2021
Federal Affairs Standing Committee Agenda for March 23, 2021
Federal Affairs Standing Committee Agenda for February 17, 2021
The 2020 Advocacy Program Annual Report is now available and can be found here.
The Regional Water Authority (RWA) is delighted to announce that Michelle Banonis has been selected as the organization’s new Manager of Strategic Affairs. Banonis has over two decades of experience…
Federal Affairs Standing Committee Meeting Agenda for December 16, 2020
By Robert Dugan, chair of the Placer County Water Agency Board of Directors and a board member of the Sacramento Regional Water Authority, and Jeff Harris, vice mayor of the city of Sacramento…
