Water Policy and the Drought: Balancing Competing Interests to Stay Afloat

Scientists agree that California's droughts are cyclical and appear to be growing worse. While we have developed technologies to address our water challenges, water policy remains a hot-button issue in the Golden State, and not necessarily on traditional Republican-Democratic policy lines. Along with the need for major new infrastructure, deep conflicts divide agricultural and urban industries, Central Valley and coastal communities, environmentalists and fracking proponents, and others. Join us for a timely discussion on how we can build consensus and create bipartisan solutions to ensure a sustainable water future for our state.

Panel: Mel Levine (BA '64), Counsel and retired Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; former U.S. Representative, 27th Congressional District; Felicia Marcus, Chair, State Water Resources Control Board (Board); David L. Sedlak, Malozemoff Professor in Mineral Engineering, UC Berkeley. Moderator: Richard Beahrs, '68