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The weather, which as I write this in late April, is cooling after hitting about 90 in Sacramento and the rains have ceased, at least for now. The snow pack is still healthy, so 2019 seems likely to be remembered as a good water year. Like the weather, GRA’s Board of Directors is undergoing changes. I’ll get into that later, but first: Events!

GRA/CGC 2019 Groundwater Law and Legislation Forum, which was held on March 27 in Sacramento, was a fresh take on GRA’s traditional Legislative Symposium. The event included a presentation by DWR Deputy Director Taryn Ravazzini regarding the status of DWR’s implementation of SGMA, a panel on potential future SGMA implementation issues, presentations on groundwatersupply management concerns, and a panel on ways that GSAs and others might fund their activities. Senator Henry Stern provided the lunchtime keynote address, and attendees engaged in lively discussions with several Assembly members regarding their pending legislation and current groundwater management concerns. Thanks to Brad Herrema of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, and GRA Director, for leading this event in coordination with the California Groundwater Coalition.