Facilitating the CWP Program

Public Works is committed to facilitating the continued collaboration and highlighting progress toward CWP targets, strategies, and actions. 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 elements: (1) establishing and implementing twoyear Action Plans, (2) continuing collaboration with stakeholders and other planning efforts, and (3) tracking and sharing 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 Plan 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 Plan Portal to facilitate progress on the CWP. We will update the Plan Portal over time to reflect current implementation activities, identify additional actions, and seek participation. The Plan Portal will be a critical tool to measure success by tracking progress toward CWP targets. The Portal will enable engaged participants and the public to visualize the Plan’s implementation progress.

Access the Plan Portal atAccess the Plan Portal at

LACountyWaterPlan.org

IMPLEMENTING TWO-YEAR ACTION PLAN

As part of the CWP Program, we will maintain and implement a two-year Action Plan, which identifies the specific steps that we will facilitate to further 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 opportunities, and initial list of potential partners and participants. Other partners will be identified as an initial 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 sustainability targets established in the OurCounty Sustainability Plan, we will coordinate with the Sustainability Office on implementing strategies and actions to advance our mutual goals. As a sister program to other Public Works-led programs like Infrastructure LA and the Safe, Clean Water Program, we 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 Plan 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, leveraging the CWP Plan Portal as well as outside data management platforms.

To encourage continued participation and highlight CWP successes, we will prepare a CWP Annual Report. The report will highlight specific programmatic or project accomplishments throughout the County that support CWP regional targets and strategies, including both those undertaken through the CWP and through other local and regional efforts.