Agenda

8:30 am ​
Registration with Coffee & Bagels

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9:30 am
Welcoming Remarks
Brian E. Gray, UC Hastings College of the Law

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10:00 am
​Concurrent Panels: Session I
Hetch Hetchy: To Drain or not to Drain
Waste Discharge Requirements: Beyond the Point Source

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11:15 am
​Break

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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

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12:45am
Lunch
Keynote Speaker
Roderick Walston​, ​Best, Best & Krieger

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1:15 pm
​Keynote Speaker
Roderick Walston​, ​Best, Best & Krieger

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.