passage of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, 1991-1992
Subtitle: the Central Valley Project Water Association Perspective
By: Stuart Somach ; an interview conducted by Malca Chall in 1998. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Chall, Malca.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1999
Subjects: Central Valley Project (Calif.); United States.; Central Valley Project Water Association.; Natural resources -- California -- Interviews.; Water resources development -- Law and legislation -- California.; Wetland conservation -- Economic aspects -- California -- Central Valley (Valley); Lawyers -- California -- Interviews.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: California water resources oral history series.
Description: Representing Central Valley Project Water Assn. (CVPWA); drafting and revising John Seymour's bill S. 2016, and efforts to pass Seymour bill and oppose bills of Congressman George Miller, Senator Bill Bradley (Miller-Bradley bills); relationships with Miller, Bradley, Central Valley congressmen and their staffs; ineffective lobbying efforts of CVPWA; discusses Governor Pete Wilson, David Schuster, Daniel Beard, Victor Fazio, Richard Lehman, Calvin Dooley, Carl Boronkay (Metropolitan Water District), Kim Schnoor, Somach-Graff negotiations, CALFED.