The Regional Water Authority (RWA) is pleased to announce that Ryan Ojakian has joined as Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Program Manager. Ojakian brings more than a decade of experience working…
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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. RWA dedicated resources to a contract lobbyist and part-time staffing for the program in 2015. After just one full year in operation, the results are palpable and significant.
RWA and member agency staff created a legislative platform and policy principles for Board approval that address key advocacy issues and goals. These will guide RWA’s advocacy efforts and future work plans for years to come. The documents also demonstrate RWA’s commitment to strong, proactive advocacy and will help build upon our important partnerships with allied organizations as we continue to increase RWA’s advocacy profile.
Read the 2017 Advocacy Program Highlights
View the current legislation summary
Read RWA’s policy principles on public good charges (adopted by the RWA Board on November 12, 2015)
Read RWA’s priority issues and policy principles (approved by the RWA Board on September 10, 2015)
For information about RWA’s Advocacy Program, contact Ryan Ojakian, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Manager.
Legislative and Regulatory News
The Regional Water Authority joins more than 200 water providers, cities, business organizations and others to oppose Senate Bill 845 by Sen. Bill Monning, a newly amended proposal to add…
Below are links to presentations from the March 15, 2018 symposium on Making Safe, Clean, Affordable and Accessible Water a Reality in California. You can read an overview of the event…
SACRAMENTO—A capacity crowd of leaders from state government, local water providers and the non-profit sector came together on March 15 in Sacramento at a symposium to explore the challenges and…
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A SYMPOSIUM ON Making Safe, Clean, Affordable and Accessible Water a Reality Thursday, March 15, 2018, 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Capitol Event Center at the…
The February 2018 issue of the RWA Update is now available online. Read about the March 15 Symposium on Making Safe, Clean, Affordable and Accessible Water a Reality, the Regional…
2017 was a significant year for the Regional Water Authority’s Advocacy Program that represented the culmination of a five-year process initiated by the RWA Board of Directors in 2013. A…
View the event summary video here. Prospects for fall-run Chinook salmon, born during the height of California’s historic drought, are greatly improved because of the efforts and collaboration by local,…
Please join us at “The Drought Salmon Return: State of the Salmon Run and Lower American River Event” on Thursday, November 16, at 10:30 a.m. at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery…
September 15 marked the final day of the legislative session in California. Throughout 2017, the Regional Water Authority (RWA) worked to shape legislation believed to be critical to the Sacramento…
