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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#111111'>Well, this is somewhat academic. Appointments are subject
to Senate confirmation. Who's to be governor in eight months?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:12.0pt'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the following appointments to the
California Water Commission: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>Andrew Ball, 56, of San
Mateo, has been president and chief executive officer of Webcor Builders since
1994. He is chair of the Industry Advisory Board for the Center for the Built
Environment at the University of California, Berkeley and founding member and
advisory board member for the Business Council on Climate Change in association
with the United Nations Global Compact. Ball is chair of the San Francisco
Mayor's Task Force on Green Buildings and the American Society of Concrete
Contractors Sustainability Committee. He is a member of the San Francisco
Building Code Advisory Committee including the Code Advisory Green Building
Subcommittee. Ball is a Republican. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>Joseph Byrne, 39, of Los
Angeles, has been a partner in the law office of Burke, Williams and Sorensen
since 2008, as a member of the Public Law and Environmental Law/Sustainability
Practice groups. Previously, he was executive director of the Homeland Security
Advisory Council, Region 1 from 2006 to 2008 and an attorney for Mayer Brown
from 2002 to 2005. Prior to that, Byrne worked in the office of Speaker Robert
M. Hertzberg, for the California State Assembly as counsel from 2000 to 2002
and a legislative consultant from 1998 to 2000. He was an attorney for Bonne,
Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe and Nichols from 1997 to 1998. Byrne is a member of
the Valley Industry and Commerce Association Board of Directors and the League
of California Cities Environmental Quality Policy Committee. Byrne is a
Democrat. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>Dave Cogdill, 59, of
Modesto, was elected to the California State Senate in 2006, where he
represents the 14th District. He serves as chair of the Select Committee on
Surplus Property, and vice-chair of the Senate Committees on Natural Resources
and Water, Banking, Finance and Insurance and Public Safety. Cogdill is also a
sitting member on the Budget and Fiscal Review Committee; Budget Subcommittee
No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation; Select
Committee on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs; and, the Joint Legislative Audit
Committee. Additionally, Cogdill served as the Senate Republican Leader from April
2008 to February 2009 and Senate Minority Whip from 2007 to 2008. Prior to
that, he represented the 25th District in the State Assembly from 2000 to 2006,
where he was vice-chair of the Committee on Rules, during which, he sat on the
Budget Committee, Agriculture Committee and the Joint Legislative Audit
Committee. Cogdill was Assembly Minority Floor leader from 2002 to 2006. From
1981 to 2007, he owned and was an appraiser for Cogdill and Giomi. Cogdill is a
Republican. This appointment will be effective December 6, 2010. </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>Daniel Curtin, 62, of
Sacramento, has served as director for the California Conference of Carpenters
since 2001 and previously held the same position from 1992 to 1999. From 1999
to 2001, he served as chief deputy director for the Department of Industrial
Relations. Prior to that, Curtin was a legislative advocate for the California
Conference of Carpenters from 1987 to 1992. He serves on the State Compensation
Insurance Fund Board of Directors and previously served on the Economic Development
Commission and the Industrial Welfare Commission. Curtin is a Democrat. </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>Joe Del Bosque, 61, of Los
Banos, has been president and chief executive officer of Empresas Del Bosque, a
diversified farm in the San Joaquin Valley, since 1985. He is a member of
AgSafe, California Farm Bureau, California Latino Water Coalition and Western
Growers Association. Del Bosque is a Republican. </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>Kimberley Delfino, 42, of
Sacramento, has been California program director for Defenders of Wildlife
since 2000. Previously, she was legislative director for the California Public
Interest Research Group in 2000. From 1997 to 2000, Delfino was staff attorney
for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group and, from 1994 to 1997, was
associate attorney for Meyer and Glitzenstein. She is a member of the
Sustainable Conservation Board of Directors. Delfino is registered
decline-to-state. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>Luther Hintz, 72, of
Brownsville, worked for Reclamation District Number 108 as executive director
from 2005 to 2006 and general manager from 1993 to 2005. Prior to that, he
worked for Bookman-Edmonston Engineering as manager and principal engineer from
1979 to 1993, supervising engineer from 1969 to 1979, senior engineer from 1962
to 1969 and associate engineer from 1960 to 1962. Hintz was a fellow of the
American Society of Civil Engineers and a member of the U.S. Committee on
Irrigation and Drainage until 2008. Hintz is a Republican. </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>Paul Kelley, 46, of Santa
Rosa, has served as Sonoma County supervisor representing the Fourth District
and director of the Sonoma County Water Agency since 1995. Previously, he was a
teacher at Santa Rosa Christian School from 1993 to 1994. From 1992 to 1993,
Kelley was lead programmer for KLH Consulting and, from 1990 to 1992, was a
systems manager for Standard Structures. He is president of the Association of
California Water Agencies. Kelley is a Republican. This appointment will be
effective January 1, 2011. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>Anthony Saracino, 51, of
Sacramento, has been director of the California Water Program at The Nature
Conservancy since 2005. Previously, he was director of Schlumberger Water
Service from 2001 to 2005. Saracino was principal of Saracino, Kirby, Snow from
1995 to 2001 and was director of geologic and environmental services for
Wallace Kuhl and Associates from 1984 to 1995. Saracino is a Democrat. </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>These positions require
Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>The California Water
Commission serves in an advisory capacity to the Director of the Department of
Water Resources and was originally established to build and review operations
of the State Water Project. The Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking Water Supply
Act of 2010, approved by the legislature and signed by the Governor in 2009,
vests the commission with responsibility over $3 billion in funding for
statewide water system operational improvement. The commission is composed of
nine members, two of which must be representatives from the environmental
community. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger today also announced the following appointments to the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy: </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>Charlton "Chuck"
Bonham, 41, of Albany, has worked for Trout Unlimited as California director
and senior attorney since 2004 and, previously, was director of the
organization's California Water Project and staff attorney from 2000 to 2004.
>From 1994 to 1997, he was an instructor for Nantahala Outdoor Center and, from
1991 to 1993, was a small business development agent in Senegal, West Africa
for the U.S. Peace Corps. Bonham is a member of the Pacific Forest Legacy
Stewardship Council Board and the Foundation for Youth Investment. Bonham is a
Democrat. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>Michael Eaton, 58, of
Sacramento, has been executive director of the Resources Legacy Fund since
2007. From 1995 to 2007, he was senior project director at The Nature
Conservancy and, from 1983 to 1995, was an independent environmental
consultant. Prior to that, Eaton served as assistant secretary at the Resources
Agency from 1981 to 1983 and as energy advisor in the Governor's Office of
Planning and Research from 1980 to 1981. From 1975 to 1980, he was legislative
assistant for the Sierra Club. Eaton is chair of the Soil Born Farms Board of
Directors and advisor to the California Institute for Public Affairs. Eaton is
registered decline-to-state. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>These positions require
Senate confirmation and there is no salary. </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>The Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta Conservancy was established as part of the comprehensive water package
signed by the Governor in 2009. As established in the law, this new conservancy
is the primary state agency for implementing ecosystem restoration and
promoting economic vitality in the Delta. </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111'>In addition to the
Governor's appointees, the Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of the
Assembly also make appointments to the conservancy. Additional members include
representatives from Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, and Yolo counties,
the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, and the Director of Finance.</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Leydecker, JcT</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends
of Trinity River</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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