Los Angeles River Summit Keynoted by Felicia Marcus
I am delighted to join you today because we’re going to engage on one of my all-time favorite topics. When asked to speak by Deputy Mayor Romel Pasqual, I jumped at the chance to open this meeting not...
View ArticleLADWP’s Ron Nichols: We Need Capital Investment
Ron Nichols: Former Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner was instrumental in talking me into taking this position. It’s been challenging, as I anticipated it would be, but I am really pleased to be here. The...
View ArticleJack Baylis Opens the West for the Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure Group
It’s been more than a year since we last interviewed you about your work on ‘One Water’, and your transportation and infrastructure projects in California. Update our readers.I continue to be involved...
View ArticleLessons from Los Angeles’ Century of Growth and Reinvention Shared with SPUR...
David Abel: Professor Erie, would you share your historical research on the public infrastructure investments that have created and shaped Los Angeles, propelling the city from a pueblo to a...
View ArticleEnrique Zaldivar Chronicles City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation’s Success
Enrique, let’s begin with your assessment, as Director of the LA City Bureau of Sanitation, of the challenge you face in leading a staff of 2800 in managing the city’s clean water, solid resources, and...
View ArticleDeputy Resources Secretary Jerry Meral Expresses Optimism over Gov. Brown's...
Governor Brown tapped you early in his term to be Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources in charge of Bay Delta conservation planning. What’s been your focus, and what have been your challenges? The...
View ArticleMWD’s Jeff Kightlinger Endorses Governor’s Preferred Delta Fix
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta fix has been a priority for years. Share with our readers what the Governor is proposing as the Preferred Project. Jeff Kightlinger: Governor Brown made a proposal, and...
View ArticleFelicia Marcus on Balancing California’s Water Quality, Supply, and Ecology
Felicia, when you were appointed in May by the Governor to the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board), Phil Isenberg said the following: “No other council member has been both a federal...
View ArticleIsrael’s TaKaDu Offers ‘State of the Art’ Water Monitoring Software for Water...
Amir, as the CEO of TaKaDu, a software company with water utilities as clients, what possible market opportunities in So. California bring you from Isreal?Amir Peleg: In a nutshell, TaKaDu is a...
View ArticleThreat to Water Supply After An ‘Event’ Necessitates Delta Fix
Jeff Kightlinger: When you include the Owens Valley supply of water and the 50 percent that the Metropolitan Water District imports, almost two-thirds of Southern California’s water comes from 250-450...
View ArticleMWD's Jeff Kightlinger Supports Bay Delta Conservation Plan Update
Jeff, last year Governor Brown proposed a Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta fix with elements of ecosystem restoration and new conveyance in the form of two tunnels under the Delta, all of which has been...
View ArticleMayor Garcetti Welcomes 'One Water' Leadership Summit to Los Angeles
We’re so excited to have “One Water” here in Los Angeles this year.I think most of you know through Hollywood films just how important water is to the politics of this city. For many years, it was not...
View ArticleAssemblymember Henry Perea Speaks on AB 8 and AB 327
Assemblymember Perea, one can’t begin an interview with you regarding legislation you have introduced or shepherded through the legislature without noting that 60 percent of your bills last session...
View ArticleLA County Public Works’ Pat Proano on Innovative Approaches to Managing Waste
Los Angeles County is charged by the state and AB 341 to recycle 75 percent of LA County’s trash. Could you elaborate on LA County Public Works’ initiatives to get to that goal? Pat Proano: For the...
View ArticleCity of LA's Engineer—A Responsibility of Significance
For six months you have been the City of LA’s Interim City Engineer, serving in that position after an illustrious career in that department, including being the City of Los Angeles’ chief architect....
View ArticleEnrique Zaldivar Chronicles City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation’s Success
Enrique, let’s begin with your assessment, as Director of the LA City Bureau of Sanitation, of the challenge you face in leading a staff of 2800 in managing the city’s clean water, solid resources, and...
View ArticleDeputy Resources Secretary Jerry Meral Expresses Optimism over Gov. Brown's...
Governor Brown tapped you early in his term to be Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources in charge of Bay Delta conservation planning. What’s been your focus, and what have been your challenges? The...
View ArticleMWD’s Jeff Kightlinger Endorses Governor’s Preferred Delta Fix
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta fix has been a priority for years. Share with our readers what the Governor is proposing as the Preferred Project. Jeff Kightlinger: Governor Brown made a proposal, and...
View ArticleFelicia Marcus on Balancing California’s Water Quality, Supply, and Ecology
Felicia, when you were appointed in May by the Governor to the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board), Phil Isenberg said the following: “No other council member has been both a federal...
View ArticleIsrael’s TaKaDu Offers ‘State of the Art’ Water Monitoring Software for Water...
Amir, as the CEO of TaKaDu, a software company with water utilities as clients, what possible market opportunities in So. California bring you from Isreal?Amir Peleg: In a nutshell, TaKaDu is a...
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