Drought Resilience Interagency & Partners Collaborative

The task force includes two appointees from each of the following groups: local governments, community-based organizations, Tribal representation, nonprofit technical assistance providers, the public, agriculture, environment, public water systems, and experts in land use planning, water resilience, and water infrastructure. The task force also includes one appointee from each of the following state agencies: California Natural Resources Agency, Department of Water Resources, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, California Department of Food and Agriculture, California Office of Emergency Services, and Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. The DRIP Collaborative is 26 members in total.

State Agency Members

California Natural Resources Agency – Nancy Vogel

Department of Water Resources – Karla Nemeth

Department of Fish and Wildlife – Josh Grover

California Environmental Protection Agency – Anna Naimark

State Water Resources Control Board – Joaquin Esquivel

California Office of Emergency Services – Tina Curry

Governor’s Office of Planning and Research – Saharnaz Mirzazad

California Department of Food and Agriculture – Virginia Jameson

Non-State Agency Members

The DRIP Collaborative will meet three times a year in Spring, Summer, and Fall in publicly accessible open meetings. Meeting location and times are subject to change.

Meeting #1: April 6, 2023 at 1:00-5:00PM

In person meeting located at the Headquarters for the California Natural Resources Agency at 715 P Street, Sacramento. Meet and greet in person begins at 12:30-1:00PM. Zoom option is also available starting at 1:00PM. View the public notice announcing the first DRIP Collaborative meeting.

The DRIP Collaborative meeting location(s) are accessible to people with disabilities. Any person who requires special assistance to participate in the meeting, or wishes to request this notice or other meeting materials in an alternative format, requires translation services, or needs any disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, which would enable that person to participate at the meeting must make that request at least 7 days prior to the meeting date by contacting DWR staff at drip@water.ca.gov or calling (916) 612-4371.

Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act

As a State body, the task force is governed by the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, which requires the Collaborative to:

• Publish an agenda at least ten days in advance of any meeting,
• Describe specifically in that agenda the items to be transacted or discussed,
• And refuse to add an item subsequent to the published agenda. In addition to these general requirements the Bagley-Keene Act includes other specific provisions about how meetings are to be announced and conducted.