Agenda
8:00 am ​
Sign-in and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Welcome
David Sandino, California Department of Water Resources, University of San Francisco School of Law
The Landscape: Introduction to California Water 

Stuart Drown, Little Hoover Commission
Little Hoover Commission Reports
10:00 am
​Keynote Address
Jared Huffman, Assembly member Representing the 6th Assembly District
SB 1 X7 A-Floor Analysis
10:45 am
​Water Wars: The 2009 Legislative Package to Reshape the Delta's Governance
Richard M. Frank, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law
A NEW DAWN FOR THE CALIFORNIA DELTA
1:00 pm
​Surface Water Systems: Managing the Future Flow
3:00 pm
​California's Groundwater - New Demands on Underground Waters
4:30 pm
Wrap up and Concluding Remarks
​Reception

Panel Description

Debating the Issues: the 2009 Water Legislation

Moderator

Richard M. Frank
Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, UC Berkeley
​ School of Law

Panelists

Alf W. Brandt
Committee on Water, Parks & Wildlife, California State Assemble
Kate Poole
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Timothy Quinn
Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
Mariko Yamada
Assembly member Representing the 8th Assembly District

Surface Water Systems: Managing the Future Flow

Moderator

John D. Leshy
University of California, Hastings College of the Law

Panelists

Arthur Baggett
State Water Resources Control Board
Jason Peltier
Westlands Water District
David Nawi
US Department of the Interior
Richard Roos-Collins
Natural Heritage Institute (NHI)
Roderick Walston
Best, Best & Krieger

California's Groundwater - New Demands on Underground Waters

Moderator

Paul Kibel
Golden Gate University School of Law

Panelists

Chris Farhm
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Dennis E. O'Connor
California Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water
Kevin O'Brien
Downey Brand
Andrew H. Sawyer
State Water Resources Control Board

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
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    ​in Environmental Management
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