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		<title>Water bond foe Alex Hildebrand can retire happy</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/28349</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Stockton Record:
&#8220;A 96-year-old farmer and engineer can finally retire now that the board on which he serves has voted to oppose California&#8217;s $11.1 billion water bond on the November ballot.
Alex Hildebrand has served on many water districts and boards over a half-century. Until recently, he had resigned from all but one: the Central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An interview with Lloyd Carter: Why should we care about water?</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/26841</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Reef Tank blog:
&#8220;Lloyd Carter certainly does. In fact, he&#8217;s made caring about water and water laws part of his life&#8217;s career.  Lloyd was a UPI and Fresno Bee reporter and has been writing about California water issues for more than 35 years.  That&#8217;s not all he wrote about, of course, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q &amp; A: LVMWD&#8217;s Jeff Reinhardt: Public Affairs &amp; Communications Manager Jeff Reinhardt explains the newly enforced water budget affecting Agoura Hills</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/26833</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Agoura Hills Patch:
&#8220;Smaller budgets usually mean more sacrifices for communities and its residents. For those living in the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (LVMWD), that translates into paying more for getting water.  The water district adopted a $58 million budget on June 8 for the 2010-11 fiscal year, $2.2 million less than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New position at Yucaipa water district puts focus on conservation</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/26610</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Riverside Press-Enterprise:
&#8220;There&#8217;s a new face at the Yucaipa Valley Water District.  Jennifer Ares is the district&#8217;s resource sustainability manager. This is a new position at the district.
Part of Ares&#8217; job is educating the public about conservation and the importance of using water efficiently. She has begun giving tours of the district&#8217;s water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latino Water Coalition member will be sworn in as water commissioner</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/26539</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Farm Water Coalition:
&#8220;California Latino Water Coalition (CLWC) member Joe Del Bosque will be sworn in Friday, June 11, 2010, as the newest California Water Commission member during a downtown Fresno ceremony.  A news conference will immediately follow on Del Bosque&#8217;s appointment by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as the upcoming California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alex Breitler&#8217;s blog: Dusty Baker on the Delta</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/25735</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 15:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Alex Breitler&#8217;s blog:
&#8220;Cincinnati Reds skipper Dusty Baker is interviewed in ACWA’s recent Water for Tomorrow publication.
Turns out Dusty is a fan of the Delta.
“I grew up fishing and hunting up and down the state with my dad, on the banks of the Santa Ana River in Riverside, and later on the American River near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LA Weekly chats with Chance of Rain blogger Emily Green</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/25466</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 14:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From LA Weekly:
&#8220;Sometime in the not-too-distant future, Emily Green is likely to be testifying before a congressional hearing on the subject of water. Publisher and editor of Chance of Rain, a blog about the hundreds of different ways water intersects with human life, Green is way ahead of the curve in terms of her sensitivity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Rodriguez: No laughing matter</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/25255</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 15:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comedian and activist Paul Rodriguez talks with Tonic in an interview that begins with Arizona&#8217;s immigration law, and then gets into Rodriguez&#8217;s views on water:
&#8221; &#8230; Rodriguez came to Tonic&#8217;s attention in a big way just few months ago, when the city of Fresno, Calif., honored the comedian with their Humanitarian of the Year Award [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Governor names 11 to state water panels</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/25215</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 14:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Contra Costa Times:
&#8220;Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed members to two state agencies this week.
Schwarzenegger named nine people to a commission that will decide whether dams will be built if voters approve an $11.1 billion water bond measure in November. He also named two people to a new conservancy that is intended to promote ecosystem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Quinn: Water Commission appointments bode well for critical task ahead</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/25213</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 14:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Tim Quinn at the ACWA&#8217;s Voices on Water blog:
&#8220;Governor Schwarzenegger announced nine appointments today to the California Water Commission. The appointments reflect excellent choices that bode well for the historic task at hand for the commission later this year.
We are pleased to see the appointment of Paul Kelley, who currently serves as ACWA’s president [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Bacher on Schwarzenegger&#8217;s Water Commission and Delta Conservancy appointments</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/25211</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 14:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Dan Bacher at IndyBay.org:
&#8220;Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the &#8220;Fish Terminator,&#8221; announced his appointments to the Water Commission and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy today.
Paul Rodriguez, the chair of the Latino Water Coalition who claimed recently that Schwarzenegger had appointed him to the Water Commission, wasn&#8217;t chosen for the Commission. However, Schwarzenegger did appoint agribusinessman Joe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Kelley tapped for state water commission</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/25192</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 13:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
&#8220;Sonoma County Supervisor Paul Kelley has been appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California Water Commission.
The Governor’s press office on Friday announced the appointment. If voters approve an $11 billion water bond in November, the commission will have a direct role in handing out $3 billion for dams and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Political Practices Commission fines Central Valley water official</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/25154</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 14:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee:
&#8220;The state Fair Political Practices Commission on Thursday imposed a $600 fine on the chairwoman of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board,  a fine levied for failing to report her husband&#8217;s lobbying income.
As reported by The Bee in March, Kate Hart, 39, of Granite Bay did not report her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water pollution overseer under fire for not disclosing husband&#8217;s income</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/25038</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Stockton Record:
&#8220;The chairwoman of a board that oversees wastewater releases into Central Valley rivers may be fined this week for failing to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in earnings by her husband &#8211; who lobbies on behalf of wastewater dischargers.
The state Fair Political Practices Commission proposes at its Thursday meeting to fine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACWA presents Legislative Leadership Award to Senator Dave Cogdill</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/24786</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Association of California Water Agencies:
&#8220;The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) today awarded Sen. Dave Cogdill (R-Modesto) with its 2009 Legislative Leadership Award for his efforts in advancing an $11.14 billion water bond as part of a historic water package passed by the Legislature in November 2009.
The award is presented to legislators for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACWA presents Leadership Award to Walter J. Bishop; Longtime water leader recognized for contributions to California water</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/24783</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Association of California Water Agencies:
&#8220;MONTEREY, CA&#8211;(Marketwire &#8211; May 6, 2010) &#8211;  The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) today presented its 2010 Excellence in Water Leadership Award to Walter J. Bishop, general manager of Contra Costa Water District.
Bishop, who steps down from his post this month after 17 years, was recognized for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comedian awaits state appointment</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/24668</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 15:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee:
&#8220;Comedian Paul Rodriguez said Tuesday that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to appoint him to the California Water Commission, a currently inactive panel that would take on a powerful role handing out money for dams if voters approve the $11 billion water bond in November.
The appointment &#8220;should be done by one of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Floyd E. Dominy dies at 100; federal water official oversaw major dam projects</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/24267</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times, this obituary:
&#8220;Floyd E. Dominy, a federal water official with an outsize personality who shepherded some of the West&#8217;s last big dam projects to completion, has died. He was 100.
Dominy, who served as commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1959 to 1969 under four presidents, died April 20 at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Floyd Dominy, the colossus of dams, dies at 100</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/24166</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the High Country News:
&#8220;Floyd Dominy, who made it his mission to improve nature by, among other things, damming the Colorado River at Glen Canyon and creating the more user-friendly Lake Powell, has died at the age of 100.
Some had hoped that Glen Canyon Dam would go first, draining Lake Powell and restoring the river’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Governator or Fish Terminator? Schwarzenegger to be honored by Tarrytown group</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/23277</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Tarrytown Sleepy Hollow Patch:
&#8220;California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is pretty unpopular in his state these days.
Only 23 percent of Californians approve of the job he&#8217;s done trying to steer the Golden State away from the brink of insolvency and close a $20 billion budget gap &#8211; a lower approval rating than Schwarzenegger&#8217;s predecessor, Gray [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PLF&#8217;s Liberty Blog: Julie MacDonald fights back</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/22797</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Pacific Legal Foundation&#8217;s Liberty Blog:
&#8220;After several years of withering criticism from the environmental community for alleged improprieties committed while in government service, former Assistant Secretary of the Interior Julie MacDonald is fighting back.  In a defamation action filed in Arizona trial court, MacDonald contends that the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) (one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passion is productive, Nunes&#8217; rhetoric is not, says editorial</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/22401</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee, this editorial:
&#8220;Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, has been a passionate advocate of conservative causes, and his votes reflect the majority of his constituents in the 21st District. But as the Democratic-controlled Congress has been successful in pushing its agenda, the rhetoric from Nunes has become increasingly more strident.
In recent days, Nunes said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water pollution regulator failed to disclose husband&#8217;s ties to wastewater dischargers</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/22213</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee:
&#8220;The leader of the state&#8217;s largest water pollution regulator is married to a lobbyist for agencies it regulates, a potential conflict of interest she did not disclose publicly until an ethics complaint was brought against her.
The state&#8217;s Fair Political Practices Commission is investigating the complaint against Katherine Hart, who chairs the Central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Rodriguez &#8212; A latin king with a thirst for comedy, water and a cause</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21432</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Wayne Trujillo at the Huffington Post, this article on comedian and Chairman of the California Latino Water Coaliton Paul Rodriguez:
&#8221; &#8230; Rodriguez said he wants to entertain, not indoctrinate. Whatever pursuits are occupying his free time don&#8217;t command his performance. That said, when I do inquire about his extracurricular endeavors, those efforts that have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jasperse named interim chief engineer at Sonoma County Water Agency</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21419</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sonoma News:
&#8220;The Sonoma County Water Agency has named Jay Jasperse of Sonoma as the agency&#8217;s interim chief engineer.
Jasperse has worked for the water agency since 1998 and is currently the deputy chief engineer of Engineering and Resource Planning. Prior to joining the water agency, Jasperse worked for 11 years as an environmental engineering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wally Bishop, longtime head of Contra Costa Water District, is leaving</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/20618</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Contra Costa Times:
&#8220;Soon after Wally Bishop became general manager of the Contra Costa Water District, a customer walked into his office and gave the new head of the troubled agency a drawing of the Mayan water god.  &#8220;It might give you good luck,&#8221; the man said. &#8220;You&#8217;ll need it.&#8221;
No kidding.
Bishop, who announced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kingsburg grad new state water director</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/20561</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Kingsburg Recorder:
&#8220;Mark Cowin, a 1976 graduate of Kingsburg High, was sworn in by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as the new director of the California Department of Water Resources on Feb. 1. Cowin has been with the California Department of Water Resources for 30 years. Cowin, who was deputy director for Integrated Water Management since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former ACWA Executive Director Steve Hall dies at 58; Respected leader played key role in bringing diverse water interests together</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/19087</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Association of California Water Agencies, this press release:
&#8220;Stephen K. Hall, a respected water leader who played a central role in some of the biggest achievements in recent California water policy history, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, after a lengthy battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 58.
Hall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manager in hot water again: PWD&#8217;s Randy Hill faces ouster vote Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Antelope Valley Press:
&#8220;PALMDALE &#8211; Déjà vu happens: Randy Hill, current general manager of Palmdale Water District and former GM of the defunct Victor Valley Water District, rebounded from an agency shake-up in the past and again finds himself on rocky ground in Palmdale.
District board members on Wednesday will consider whether to terminate Hill&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lindmore Irrigation District boasts 50-year veteran</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/18601</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Porterville Recorder:
&#8220;Veteran, farmer and proud father Quinten Luallen knows water.
The Lindsay grower has served on the Lindmore Irrigation District board for the past 50 years, and watched environmental lawsuits proliferate and farmers fight dry years to stay in business. The fight for access to water — one of the most divisive issues in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Lester Snow named natural resources secretary, Visalia&#8217;s Chrisman to leave state post</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/18311</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times:
&#8220;Lester Snow, a Democrat who has headed California&#8217;s water resources department for the last five years, has been named the state&#8217;s new natural resources secretary.
Snow, 58, succeeds Mike Chrisman, who is retiring from state service Feb. 1 after serving as resources secretary since 2003. He is taking a post with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Kelley: No comment on water agency post; Sonoma County supervisor won&#8217;t confirm or deny online reports that he has applied</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/18290</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
&#8220;Sonoma County Supervisor Paul Kelley declined Tuesday to confirm or deny reports that originated on the Twitter social network that he is a candidate for the job of general manager of the county&#8217;s Water Agency.
Kelley acknowledged Tuesday that the reports have gained wide circulation among the state&#8217;s water interests, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in &#8230;  Chrisman to head new National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Southwest Partnership office; Distinguished former head of California Natural Resources Agency to lead major program expansion in six-state region</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF):
&#8220;WASHINGTON – The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced that Mike Chrisman, the California Secretary for Natural Resources since 2003, has been named the director of its new Southwestern Partnership Office.  Based in San Francisco, Chrisman will oversee program development in a region that includes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Schwarzenegger appoints Lester Snow as Natural Resources Secretary;  Mark Cowin named Director of Department of Water Resources</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/18255</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Office of the Governor:
&#8220;Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointment of Lester Snow as secretary for the California Natural Resources Agency and also thanked Secretary Mike Chrisman who is retiring from state service effective February 1, 2010 for his dedicated years of service. 
“Throughout the course of my Administration, Lester has used his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Cogdill applauds Governor’s Natural Resources Agency appointments</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Office of Senator Dave Cogdill:
&#8220;Senator Dave Cogdill (R-Modesto), who serves as vice chair of the Senate Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the appointment of Department of Water Resources (DWR) Director Lester Snow as the new Natural Resources Agency Secretary.  DWR Deputy Director Mark Cowin [...]]]></description>
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