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CALFED Bay-Delta Program
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Agency overview
Formed 1994
Headquarters 650 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, California
Agency Executives Joe Grindstaff, Director
 
Wendy Halverson Martin, Chief Deputy Director
Parent agency California Resources Agency
Website
http://www.calwater.ca.gov

The CALFED Bay-Delta Program, also known as CALFED, is a department within the government of California, administered under the California Resources Agency. Capitol Mall is a major roadway in the city of Sacramento that leads to the iconic Tower Bridge which connects Downtown Sacramento with the Yolo County city of West Sacramento California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The California Resources Agency, or the CRA, is a state Cabinet -level agency in the Government of California. This article formerly titled "California government and politics" is about the government of the state The California Resources Agency, or the CRA, is a state Cabinet -level agency in the Government of California. The department acts as consortium, coordinating the activities and interests of the state government of California and the U.S. federal government to focus on interrelated water problems in the state’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is an expansive inland River delta and Estuary in northern California in the United States. The coordination program was created in 1994 by Governor Pete Wilson and federal Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt following a decade of chaotic disputes between the state of California, the federal government, environmental groups, agricultural interests, and municipal water services. The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government whose responsibilities include making annual "State of the State" addresses Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23 1933 is an American Politician from California. The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. Bruce Edward Babbitt (born June 27, 1938) a Democrat, served as United States Secretary of the Interior and as Governor of Arizona

The current Director of CALFED is Joe Grindstaff. The department is located along Capitol Mall in Sacramento. Capitol Mall is a major roadway in the city of Sacramento that leads to the iconic Tower Bridge which connects Downtown Sacramento with the Yolo County city of West Sacramento

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Priorities

CALFED's priorities for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta include:

Coordinating agencies

Various federal and state agencies fall into CALFED's coordination authority. These agencies include:

State

Federal

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Criticisms

In February 2006, the California Legislative Analyst's Office, or LAO, published criticisms of the CALFED Program during its annual budget review, citing sources from the California State Legislature and various independent review panels. The Legislative Analyst's Office ( LAO) located in Sacramento, California, has been providing fiscal and policy advice to the California Legislature The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U The LAO report indicated that CALFED had "[failed] to develop a viable long-term finance plan (as directed by the Legislature)," as well as its "lack of focus and priorities," and "lack of a performance orientation. "[1] Due to its various coordination agencies and priorities, the LAO declared that "the program had strayed from its original focus of resolving conflicts among water-related interests in the Delta, by expanding into what looked like a statewide water management program, resulting in substantial overlap with the mission and responsibilities of [the] California Department of Water Resources. The California Department of Water Resources, also known as the DWR, is a department within the California Resources Agency. "

The LAO recommended to the Legislature and for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to reform CALFED by establishing realistic budget reviews and create more confined responsibilities that would not overlap into other departments. Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor

References

  1. ^ Reforming the CALFED Bay-Delta Program (February 2006).

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The California Department of Water Resources, also known as the DWR, is a department within the California Resources Agency. The Sacramento River is the longest River entirely within the U The San Joaquin River ( 330 miles (530 km long is the second-longest River in California, United States. The Central Valley Project (CVP is a federal water project undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1935 as a long-term plan to use water in California's Central Valley
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