If you didn’t know Jon Bishop before the pandemic chased everyone out of CalEPA headquarters and into a virtual existence six years ago, the State Water Board’s Chief Deputy Director provided quite the introduction. … His round features, accentuated by wire-rimmed, rectangular glasses, reddened with passion when he leaned into the microphone and forcefully delivered his latest message. You couldn’t miss him if you wanted to — and you wouldn’t want to. After 41 years with the Water Boards — dating back to a time when “total maximum daily loads” (TMDL) referred to weight limits on box trucks instead of pollution limits — he knows where all the pens and pencils are buried.