Facilitating the CWP Program

Public Works is committed to facilitating continued collaboration and success toward CWP targets, strategies, and actions, and tracking and reporting progress. Following Plan completion in late 2022, Public Works will initiate the CWP Program. Our overall focus will be on bringing together the appropriate group of participants and resources to fulfill the vision of the CWP. Our role is to lead and facilitate the CWP Program, which will consist of three primary tasks: (1) develop and implement two-year Action Plans, (2) continue collaboration with stakeholders and other planning efforts, and (3) track and share progress.

Public Works will actively solicit participation in the CWP Program from stakeholders, leveraging the IRWM programs as well as other forums. We will also use the CWP Portal to seek and facilitate participation, highlighting opportunities for water management entities and other interested parties to get involved beginning in early 2023.

Public Works will use the CWP Portal to facilitate progress on the CWP. We will update the CWP Portal over time to reflect current implementation activities, identify additional actions, and seek participation. The CWP Portal will be a critical tool to measure success by tracking progress toward CWP targets. The CWP Portal will enable engaged participants and the public to visualize the CWP’s implementation progress.

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IMPLEMENTING TWO-YEAR ACTION PLAN

As part of the CWP Program, we will maintain and implement an Action Plan, which identifies the specific steps to advance progress on CWP actions within a two-year period. Where appropriate, Public Works may directly lead an action. More often, we will primarily serve to foster the collaboration among water management entities and stakeholders to support each action. Our first implementation step will be to establish task forces to lead specific actions.

Public Works, in collaboration with partners and stakeholders, will update the Action Plan every two years, building on prior accomplishments and considering the evolving water management needs, interests, and opportunities of Los Angeles County. The current Action Plan is included as Appendix A.

The two-year Action Plan also notes the resources that will be necessary to conduct each action, including funding, and an initial list of potential participants. Other participants will be identified as a first step in implementing the two-year Action Plan.

CONTINUING COLLABORATION

We will continue to work in concert with IRWM regions to implement the CWP, in particular to engage stakeholders and enhance the dialogue on additional opportunities to build resilience through regional collaboration. To support progress on the Los Angeles County targets established in the OurCounty Sustainability Plan, we will coordinate with the County Sustainability Office on implementing strategies and actions to advance our mutual goals. We will also coordinate with and leverage Infrastructure LA, an existing countywide initiative leading regional collaboration to bring resources, including funding, to Los Angeles County. As a sister program to other Public Works-led programs like the Safe, Clean Water Program, the CWP Program will also seek opportunities to work collaboratively with those efforts.

SHARING PROGRESS

Public Works will track continued progress toward the CWP targets and share this progress tracking on the CWP Portal. To track long-term progress towards meeting the CWP targets, we will lead a process to collect data and information from entities throughout the County and State, leveraging the CWP Portal as well as outside data management platforms.

To encourage continued participation and highlight CWP successes, CWP annual implementation updates will be provided. The updates will highlight specific programmatic or project accomplishments throughout Los Angeles County that support CWP regional targets and strategies, including both those undertaken through the CWP and through other local and regional efforts.