Debbie Davis-Franco Community and Rural Affairs Advisor & Local Drought Liaison Governor’s Office of Planning and Research Responding to California’s Drought.

Debbie Davis-FrancoCommunity and Rural Affairs Advisor &

Local Drought LiaisonGovernor’s Office of Planning and Research

Responding to

California’s Drought

Snowpack and Reservoir Conditions

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/getResGraphsMain.action

State Activities

• Mandatory 25% statewide water conservation

• Emergency food aid, utility assistance, housing assistance

• Expedited IRWMP funding and prioritized drought projects

• Emergency curtailments• Authorized California

Disaster Assistance Act for drinking water

State Planning

California Water BondProp. 1

California Water Action PlanUpper Watershed Actions

• Restore forest health through ecologically sound forest management.

• Protect and restore degraded stream and meadow ecosystems to assist in natural water management and improved habitat.

• Support and expand funding for protecting strategically important lands within watersheds to ensure that conversion of these lands does not have a negative impact on our water resources.

California Water Action PlanLand Use and Water

http://ca.gov/drought/

Drought Resilience Gap

Take Action Together

Debbie Davis-FrancoCommunity and Rural Affairs Advisor and

Local Drought LiaisonGovernor’s Office of Planning and Research

http://www.opr.ca.gov/[email protected]

(916)322-0553