2016 Annual Conference in Los Angeles, CA
DAY 1: Friday, March 4, 2016
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Registration
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Welcome and Morning Speaker
Tony Estremera, Director, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Tom Steyer, Founder and President of NextGen Climate
11:05 AM – 12:05 PM Governance of Water
Celeste Cantu, General Manager, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
12:05 PM – 1:20 PM Lunch
Address: “The Demographics of Leadership in California Water”
Speaker: Dr. Mindy Romero, Director, California Civic Engagement Project, UC Davis Center for Regional Change
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Basics of California Water Infrastructure and Finance
Ron Gastelum, President and Chairman, Water Conservation Partners, Inc.
Brian Thomas, Managing Director, Public Utilities Commission
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM Facilities Tour – Santa Clara Valley Water District Recycling Project
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Reception
Sponsor Welcome: Victor Griego, WELL Board Member
Keynote Speaker: Catherine Sandoval, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
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DAY 2: Friday, March 5, 2016
8:15 AM BREAKFAST
8:45 AM – 9:15 AM WELCOME AND SPEAKERS
Victor Griego, WELL Board Member
Cindy Chavez, Santa Clara County, District 2 Supervisor
Lester Snow, Executive Director, Water Foundation
9:20 AM – 10:30 AM WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STORMWATER?
Moderator: Andrew Fahlund, Program Officer, Water Foundation
Diana Mahmud, Mayor, City of South Pasadena Robert Silva, Mayor, City of Mendota Tony Estremera, Director, Santa Clara Valley Water District
10:35 AM – 11:00 AM Address
Anthony Rendon, Speaker-elect of California State Assembly
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM California’s Human Right to Water and Who Pays
Moderator: Gita Kapahi, Director, Office of Public Participation, State Water Resources Control Board
Esmeralda Soria, Fresno City Councilmember The Honorable Mike Eng, Author of AB 685, The Human Right to Water Bill, Karina Cervantez Alejo, Watsonville City CouncilmemberAdan Ortega, Executive Director, California Association of Mutual Water Companies