Agenda
8:00 am ​
Sign-in and Continental Breakfast
8:15 am
Student Session: Water Law 101
Thomas Hicks, Founder, California Water Law Symposium
9:00 am ​
Welcome 
Holly Doremus, UC Berkeley School of Law
​AUDIO
9:30 am
​Keynote Address (30 minutes)
Frances Spivy-Weber, Vice-Chair, State Water Resources Control Board
AUDIO
10:15 am
​SESSION 1A: The Central Valley Project – Subsidized Water for California Farmers? 
VIDEO
10:15 am
​SESSION 1B: California Water Management Success Stories: The Portfolio Management Approach and Other Advances in Sustainability
​VIDEO
11:30 am
​Break
11:45am
SESSION 2A: The Water-Energy Nexus: Integrated Water Resource Management
VIDEO
11:45am
SESSION 2B: Achieving Water Sustainability in a Changing Climate 
VIDEO
1:00 pm
​Lunch
Joseph Sax, UC Berkeley School of Law
Special 30-Minute Presentation on the Past, Present, and Future of the Public Trust Doctrine in California
VIDEO
2:00 pm​
​SESSION 3A: Smart Water Planning for Development and Growth
​VIDEO 
2:00 pm
​SESSION 3B: Best Practices for Managing California’s Water Banks in the Future: Saving for a (Non)Rainy Day
VIDEO
3:15 pm
​Break
3:30 pm
​SESSION 4A: Can California Afford to Declare a Human Right to Clean Drinking Water?
VIDEO
​3:30 pm
SESSION 4B: Effective Groundwater Monitoring and Management in California: SBX7-6 as the First Step in the Long Road Ahead
VIDEO
3:45 pm
​Conclusion
5:00 pm
​Reception

Panel Description

The Central Valley Project – Subsidized Water for California Farmers?

Moderator

John Leshy
UC Hastings College of the Law

Panelists

Paul Kibel
 Golden Gate University School of Law
Jason Peltier
Westlands Water District
David Sunding
Berkeley Water Center, UC Berkeley
Renee Sharp
Environmental Working Group

California Water Management Success Stories: The Portfolio Management Approach and Other Advances in Sustainability 

Moderator

Susan Leal
Former General Manger, San Francisco Public
​Utilities Commission

Panelists
Andrew Sawyer
State Water Resources Control Board
Jay Lund
Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis
Celeste Cantú
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority

The Water-Energy Nexus: Integrated Water Resource Management 

Moderator

Steven Weissman
Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, 
​UC Berkeley School of Law
Lorraine White
GEI Consultants
Cynthia Truelove
California Public Utilities Commission

Panelists

Martha Davis
Inland Empire Utilities Agency

Achieving Water Sustainability in a Changing Climate 

Moderator

Richard Frank
California Environmental Law and Policy Center,
UC Davis School of Law

Panelists

John Andrew
California Department of Water Resources
Jay Lund
Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis; Public Policy
​Institute of California
Michael Tognolini
East Bay Municipal Utility District

Smart Water Planning for Development and Growth 

Moderator

David Sandino
Texas Tech University School of Law

Panelists

Sam Brown
Environmental Protection Agency
Christian Marsh
Downey Brand LLP
James Moose
Remy, Thomas, Moose & Manley LLP

Best Practices for Managing California’s Water Banks in the Future: Saving for a (Non)Rainy Day 

Moderator

Lloyd Carter
California Save Our Streams Council

Panelists

Adam Lazar
Center for Biological Diversity
Frank Wolak
Stanford University
Stan Powell
Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard

Can California Afford to Declare a Human Right to Clean Drinking Water?

Moderator

Tony Rossmann
UC Berkeley School of Law

Panelists

Laurel Firestone
Community Water Center
Whitnie Henderson
Association of California Water Agencies
Vern Goehring
Food and Water Watch
Rose Francis
Community Water Center

Effective Groundwater Monitoring and Management in California: SBX7-6 as the First Step in the Long Road Ahead

Moderator

Paul Kibel
Golden Gate University School of Law

Panelists

Nick Jacobs
Somach Simmons & Dunn
Barry Nelson
Natural Resources Defense Council
Mary Scruggs
Department of Water Resources

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Host  Sponsors
  • University of San Francisco School of Law
Event Sponsors
  • UC Berkeley School of Law
Reception Sponsors
  • Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard
Additional Sponsors
  • Ecology Law Quarterly
  • Hanson Bridgett LLP
  • Rossmann and Moore LLP
Co-Sponsors
  • American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
  • The State Bar of California Environmental Law Section
  • Golden Gate University School of Law
  • UC Davis School of Law
  • UC Hastings College of the Law
  • University of San Francisco School of Law
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
  • Downey Brand LLP Ellison
  • Schneider & Harris LLP
  • Remy Thomas Moose & Manley 
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn
  • Berkeley Law Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
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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