Dr. Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou, Environmental Systems Engineer and Researcher at UC MercedDenise Kadara, Vice Chair of the Central Valley Regional Water Board, and President of Allenseworth Progressive AssociationUriel Saldivar, Senior Policy Advocate at Community Water CenterNataly Escobedo Garcia, Policy Coordinator at Leadership Counsel for Justice & AccountabilityDennis Hutson, Owner, TAC Farm

Available photos from the drought tour: https://flickr.com/photos/48035455@N03/albums/72177720297266313/with/51938121966/

Drought Executive Order https://www.communitywatercenter.org/press-releases/droughteo2022

Droughts will only worsen in the decades to come https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2201

Dr. Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou - https://es.ucmerced.edu/content/angel-santiago-fernandez-bou

State climate assessment of the San Joaquin Valley - https://www.energy.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2022-01/CA4_CCA_SJ_Region_Eng_ada.pdf

Uriel Saldivar - https://www.communitywatercenter.org/staff

Steps that can be taken to protect this critical water supply — such as passing AB2201 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2201

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2201

Denise Kadara - https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/about_us/board_members/

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Nataly Escobedo-Garcia - https://leadershipcounsel.org/team/nataly-escobedo-garcia/

Dennis Hutson - https://www.tacfarming.com/

Denise - I'd love to hear more about the trail project you mentioned. Is there a state or federal program that is funding this project and the recharge project you mentioned?

Thank you to all panelists. For anyone who can speak on the executive order, how significantly different is the addition of GSA approval for well permitting compared to the county process? Were counties not considering groundwater sustainability previously?

1. Anyone looking at closed-loop direct re-use of drinking water?

2. Anyone looking at thriving with no growth?

Yes, thank you