SAVE THE DATE Ag Council’s 105th Annual Meeting Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, CA March 11–13, 2024
• Dam safety and reservoir operations to protect the public and augment storage capacity; • Water conservation , including water use efficiency programs; and
system that severely restricted opportunities to significantly increase our water supply. Certainly, the lessons learned under Prop 1 must be taken into account to ensure projects to boost water supply resilience are not hindered by a cumbersome and lengthy process or left out altogether. With multiple climate and water bonds under consideration in the State Legislature and the governor’s support, it is realistic that a climate and water bond could move forward and come before voters in 2024.
• Other tools, such as recycling and desalination.
Ag Council has not yet taken a position on the bond measures given conversations are ongoing. In addition, the cost of a bond must be considered. Greater discussion is needed to fully vet ideas and coalesce around priorities. Ag Council will be looking to our board of directors and members for input in this process. Thank You Ag Council’s team is grateful for the over 100 years of partnership and collaboration with Blue Diamond Growers through your membership. We look forward to working to ensure the next 100 years are successful for Blue Diamond as a cooperative and for growers. Further information about our work is available at: agcouncil.org. If you have any questions about these or other issues, please do not hesitate to reach out to me at: emily@agcouncil.org.
What are the issues on table in the discussions ?
Categories under consideration for funding include:
• Surface water storage , which is part of Governor Newsom’s Water Supply Strategy identifying the need for over four million acre feet of storage facilities; • Groundwater recharge to support the over 300 proposed local recharge projects to boost groundwater storage and prepare for the future; • Flood protection to fortify levees, bypasses and other flood management tools and protect public safety; • Regional water conveyance , including new infrastructure, as well as repairs of existing facilities; • Regional watershed resilience helping implement regional projects to further local self-reliance, examples include Integrated Regional Water Management projects; • Water quality & safe drinking water to directly assist disadvantaged communities in addressing water quality challenges;
Emily Rooney, President, Ag Council
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