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 Any reflection upon the now clearly evident disorder of the resource, electric power, must compel serious review of the present management of all resources but particularly water, over which, as distinguished from electricity, we have no control of supply.

      It must first be clearly understood that all resource management absolutely requires long-term planning and the experiences of electric power clearly illustrate the absence of such required planning, and the present structure of our state government has no capacity to provide response to that indispensable requirement.

      Administration of resources is presently provided by appointed officials whose tenure is limited and whose actions to control by the Governor..
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WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE,
BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR ALL
 John A Nejedly

This discussion concerns water and its management in California.  The recent unprecedented acceleration of consumer prices for electric and natural gas, programmed blackouts, considered bankruptcy of a major provider, clear evidence of inadequacies of supply and now compelling evidence of the absence of long-term planning and regulation have provoked serious public concern
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     Here, however, management is provided by appointed officials whose first allegiance is to an appointing authority which may change every four years.  For example, the SWRCB withdrawals of critical decisions upon order of the Governor.

      Any resource or provision of public service absolutely requires long-term planning and adherence to the principles upon which that planning is founded.

     With transient administration of water, that responsibility cannot be provided.

     The structure of administration proposed by CALFED and current legislation perpetuates that intrinsic error.

     It will continue administration
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