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CALIFORNIA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM II 

Hiram Johnson State Building | Saturday, February 4, 2006 (All day)


Agenda

8:30 am ​
Registration with Coffee & Bagels

9:30 am
Welcoming Remarks

Brian E. Gray, UC Hastings College of the Law

10:00 am
​Concurrent Panels: Session I

Hetch Hetchy: To Drain or not to Drain
Waste Discharge Requirements: Beyond the Point Source

11:15 am
​Break

11:30 am
Concurrent Panels: Session II

Yuba River Accord: Lessons Learned in Moving from Controversy to Consensus
Private Sector Participation in Water Services: Through the Lens of Stockton, California

12:45am
Lunch

Keynote Speaker
Roderick Walston​, ​Best, Best & Krieger

1:15 pm
​Keynote Speaker

Roderick Walston​, ​Best, Best & Krieger

2:15 pm
Environmental Justice: Access to Clean Drinking Water

2:15 pm
Desalination in California: Should Ocean Waters be Utilized to Produce Freshwater?

3:30 pm
Reception

Panel Description

Hetch Hetchy: To Drain or not to Drain

Moderator

Brian E. Gray
UC Hastings College of the Law
  • Battle for Hetch Hetchy Goes to Congress

Panelists

David Behar
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
  • Protecting Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and the SF Bay Water Supply
Heather Dempsey
Tuolumne River Trust
Ron Good
Restore Hetch Hetchy
  • Restore Hetch Hetch
Ray McDevitt
Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, LLP

Waste Discharge Requirements: Beyond the Point Source

Panelists

Arthur Baggett Jr.
State Water Resources Control Board
  • Agricultural Waivers History & Status
David Cory
Farmer and Legal Consultant
  • Case Study: Economic Incentives and
    ​Nonpoint Source Pollution
Terry Young
Consultant to Environmental Defense
  • Designing a Nonpoint Source Selenium
    ​ Load Trading Program
Linda Sheehan
California Coastkeeper Alliance
  • Waste Discharge Requirements.Sheehan_Outline

Yuba River Accord: Lessons Learned in Moving from Controversy to Consensus

Moderator

Paul Bartkiewicz
Bartkiewicz, Kronick and Shanahan
  • Proposed Yuba River Accord- Power Point
  • Proposed_Yuba_Accord_Booklet

Panelists

Chuck Bonham
Trout Unlimited
Banky Curtis
California Department of of Fish & Game
  • Fisheries_Agreement_Tech_Brief
Gerald E. Johns
California Department of Water Resources
  • Conjunctive_Use_Agreements_Tech_Brief

Private Sector Participation in Water Services: Through the Lens of Stockton, California

Moderator

Gary H, Wolff
Pacific Institute
  • Guiding Questions for Private Water Services Panel

Panelists

Wenonah Hauter
Food and Water Watch
Bill Loyko
Concerned Citizens Coalition of Stockton
Anders Stenstedt
Morrison & Foerster
  • Tapping the Private Water Concession
Geoffrey Segal
Reason Public Policy Institute
  • FAQ - About Water,Wastewater Privatization

Environmental Justice: Access to Clean Drinking Water

Moderator

Laurel Firestone
Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment
  • EJ & Access to Clean Drinking Water Outline

Panelists

Susana Se Anda
Center for Race, Poverty, and the Environment
  • Thirsty for Justice.Environmental Justice
    ​Coaltion for Water
Pro. Alice Kaswan
USF School of Law
  • Bridging the Gap Between Environmental
    ​ Laws and Justice
Ruth Martinez
Si Se Puede in Ducor
  • Third World Problems in California - Tulare County Case Study
Sandra Meraz
Committee for a Better Alpaugh
  • Alpaugh Timeline

Desalination in California: Should Ocean Waters be Utilized to Produce Freshwater?

Moderator

Jared Huffman
Assembly member Representing the 6th Assembly District

Panelists

Joe Geever
Surfrider Foundation
  • Seawater Desalination Issue Summary
Tom Luster
California Coastal Commission
Peter MacLaggan
Poseidon Resources Corp.
  • Carlsbad Seawater Desalination Project

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Host Sponsor
  • University of San Francisco
Participant Schools
  • UC Berkeley School of Law
    ​Golden Gate University
  • University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
  • UC Davis School of Law
  • UC Hasting College of Law
Advertising Sponsor
  • Maven's Notebook
  • The Bar Association of San Francisco
  • McCarthy Center For Public Service and the
    ​Common Good
  • University of San Francisco
Keynote Sponsors
  • ​Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP
Symposium Sponsors
  • Stoel Rives LLP
  • Water and Power Law Group PC
Panel Sponsors
  • Hanson Bridgett
  • Schneider & Harris LLP
  • RMM
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn
  • Downey Brand LLP Ellison
  • Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard
Contributing Sponsors
  • University of San Francisco Master of Science
    ​in Environmental Management
  • Rossmann and Moore
  • Cline Family Cellars
  • Fort Point Beer Co.
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