SACRAMENTO– The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) should adjust current conservation targets to recognize the effects of climate on water use, the Regional Water Authority (RWA) and…
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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
Sacramento Region Tasked With Achieving the State’s Highest Conservation Targets SACRAMENTO– The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) today issued a revised framework for achieving the Governor’s order to reduce…
SACRAMENTO–The Regional Water Authority (RWA) Board of Directors yesterday unanimously adopted a resolution urging its 22 water provider members to continue efforts to reduce water use by 20 percent or…
RESOLUTION 2015-01 A Resolution of the Regional Water Authority Regarding Response to Dry Conditions in 2015 Whereas, the Regional Water Authority’s mission includes protecting and enhancing the reliability, availability, afford…
Published in the Sacramento Bee on August 30, 2014 By John Woodling, Special to The Bee Clearly, it was past time for the Legislature and the administration to tackle groundwater management…
