Water resiliency issues have dominated political discourse in Cloverdale, where concerns about drought, water rights and the future of the Russian River loom large, regularly shaping City Council discussions and election campaigns. Now, the city is putting another voice at the table, authorizing Council member Andrés Marquez to represent Cloverdale in meetings related to a new proposed entity, the Alexander Valley Water District, as regional conversations over the area’s water future move forward. … [T]he authorization marks a notable shift, and it came just two weeks after a tense exchange on the dais between Marquez and Vice Mayor Todd Lands over Lands’ role representing the city on matters involving the fate of two PG&E dams on the Eel River and related water diversions into the Russian River. The Cloverdale council has lodged its opposition to PG&E’s plans to remove those dams.

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