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…
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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.
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 March 19, 2020) Read RWA’s priority issues and policy principles (approved by the RWA Board on January 9, 2020) Read the 2019 Advocacy Program Highlights
For information about RWA’s Advocacy Program, contact Ryan Ojakian, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Manager.
Legislative and Regulatory News
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…
Sacramento, Calif. – The following statement was released today by Jim Peifer, Executive Director of the Regional Water Authority, and Tom Gohring, Executive Director of the Water Forum, in response…
Federal Affairs Standing Committee Agenda for August 19, 2020
Sacramento, Calif. – The following statement was released today by Jim Peifer, Executive Director of the Regional Water Authority, and Tom Gohring, Executive Director of the Water Forum, in response…
RWA Federal Affairs Standing Committee Agenda for July 15, 2020 Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/651299773 You can also dial in using your phone. United…
The need for increased investment in the infrastructure that supplies safe, clean, and reliable water has never been more critical. Just as COVID-19 is the most severe and disruptive health…
The Regional Water Authority Federal Legislative Platform was approved by the Board on March 19, 2020.
The 2019 Advocacy Program Report is now available for downloading. The report reviews the year’s advocacy priorities, legislative highlights and outcomes. You can find it here.
The Regional Water Authority, which represents more than two dozen water providers and affiliates in the greater Sacramento region, issued the following statement regarding the executive order from Governor Gavin…
