Independent research and analysis of California's developed water systems
The failure to reappoint Felicia Marcus represents a significant loss of institutional knowledge on the Water Board of the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan at a critical time in the Board's development of a once in a generation update to that plan.
True leadership in California water involves addressing major ongoing conflicts between beneficial uses and the hard choices that need to be made in an age of increasing demands and finite resources.
The last California governor to interfere with a Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan update was Governor Pete Wilson in 1993, with Decision 1630. The Wilson administration's interference began with a similar request for an extension of one month.