2025 AGENDA​
JUSTICE AND INNOVATION:
​Addressing the Water Needs of California’s Diverse Communities

8:30 - 9:15 AM
Check-In & Continental Breakfast

8:45 - 9:20 AM​
Symposium Primer: Water Law 101
  • Holly Doremus, James H. House and Hiram H. Hurd Professor of Environmental Regulation at Berkeley Law

9:20 - 9:30 AM
Welcoming Remarks
  • Lia Foster, Austin McNichols, Joe Cullen, Nick Porsborg, WLS Co-Chairs
  • Anthony Austin, Board Member, California Water Law Symposium 

9:30 - 10:45 AM
Panel 1: ​Watching Our Waters: An Update on Agricultural Water Quality Monitoring in California
  • Patrick Pulupa, Central Valley Regional Board
  • Dr. Thomas Harter, UC Davis, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources
  • J.P. Cativiela, President at Cogent Consulting and Communications, Inc.
  • Kjia Rivers, Senior Policy Advocate, Community Water Center
  • Paul Kibel (Moderator) 

~ 10 minute break ~

10:55 AM - 12:10 PM
Panel 2: Reviving Tulare Lake: Legal and Environmental Challenges in theFace of Water Scarcity and Restoration
  • Tina Cannon Leahy, Attorney Supervisor, State Water Resources Control Board
  • Charmaine McDarment, Tribal Council Member and Chairwomen of Tule River Tribe

12:15 - 1:15 PM
Lunch 

12:45 - 1:30 PM
Keynote: Driving Change in California: Lessons Learned from the Human Right to Water and Hope for the Pathway Ahead
  •  Laurel Firestone, Board Member, State Water Resources Control Board
 
~ 10 minute break ~

1:40 - 2:55 PM
Panel 3: Legal Considerations in Wastewater Recycling
  • Mark Gold, Natural Resources Defense Council​
  • Allison C. Schutte, Hanson Bridgett
  • Kevin Hardy, National Water Research Institute
  • Sean Bothwell, Coastkeeper Alliance
  • Valerie Lewis, EBMUD Ward 6 (Moderator)

~ 10 minute break ~

​3:05 - 4:20 PM
Panel 4: Tribal Sovereignty and Stewardship of California’s Aquatic Ecosystems
  • Anecita Agustinez, Office of Tribal Affairs in the Department of Water Resources
  • Ms. Kasil Willie, California Salmon.
  • Dr. Sybil Diver, Stanford University Professor (Moderator)

4:20 - 4:35 PM
Presentation of the 2025 California Water Law Writing Prize
Winning Paper: Notice is Half the Battle: Siskiyou County Farm Bureau v. California Department of Fish & Wildlife and Justifications for State Regulation in the Face of New Problems
  • Nell Green Nylen, Board Member, California Water Law Symposium
  • Kim Delfino, Judge, 2025 Writing Prize
  • Madi Richards, Winner, 2025 Writing Prize, and 3L at UC Davis School of Law

4:35 - 4:45 PM
Closing Remarks

5:00 - 6:00 PM
Reception at Edmonds' Cafe, International House
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