Federal Affairs Standing Committee Agenda for March 23, 2021
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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.
- RWA 2023 Advocacy Program Highlights
- RWA 2024 Legislative and Regulatory Priority and Policy Issues (Approved by the Board on January 18, 2024)
- RWA 2024 Federal Legislative Platform
For information about RWA’s Advocacy Program, contact Ryan Ojakian, Manager of Government Relations.
Legislative and Regulatory News
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
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Federal Affairs Standing Committee Agenda for November 18, 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…
Federal Affairs Standing Committee Agenda for August 19, 2020
