Stanford fellow delivers hope for Monterey County water collaboration
Could the limited successes in bringing together disparate water interests in the San Joaquin Valley be a model for a collaborative solution to the water woes facing Monterey County? Local elected officials on Tuesday listened to an architect of such an effort in the neighboring valley in hopes that the growing loggerheads over securing additional, permanent water sources in Monterey County can be alleviated…. the Board of Supervisors invited Tim Quinn, a Stanford University Landreth Visiting Fellow and past president of the Association of California Water Agencies, to brief them on the work he and colleagues have put in to bring farmers, environmentalists, social justice advocates, governments and water agencies together….