Drought Resilience Interagency & Partners Collaborative

The task force includes two appointees from each of the following groups: local governments, community-based organizations, Tribal representation, nonprofit technical assistance providers, the public, agriculture, environment, public water systems, and experts in land use planning, water resilience, and water infrastructure. The task force also includes one appointee from each of the following state agencies: California Natural Resources Agency, Department of Water Resources, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, California Department of Food and Agriculture, California Office of Emergency Services, and Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. The DRIP Collaborative is 26 members in total.

State Agency Members

California Natural Resources Agency – Samantha Arthur

Department of Water Resources – Karla Nemeth

Department of Fish and Wildlife – Emiko Burchill

California Environmental Protection Agency – Anna Naimark

State Water Resources Control Board – Joaquin Esquivel

California Office of Emergency Services – Tina Curry

Governor’s Office of Planning and Research –Natalie Kuffel

California Department of Food and Agriculture – Virginia Jameson

Non-State Agency Members

Upcoming
Spring 2025 Meeting: May 16, 2025 at 10:00AM-5:00PM
In person meeting located at California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P St, Room 221-A/B/C (second floor), Sacramento, CA, 95814. Zoom link and YouTube streaming link options will be available for public observation and comments. View the DWR event page announcing the DRIP Collaborative meeting.
Meeting Materials
Agenda

Summer 2025 Meeting: July 18, 2025 at 10:00AM-5:00PM
In person meeting located at California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P St, Room 221-A/B/C (second floor), Sacramento, CA, 95814. Zoom link and YouTube streaming link options will be available for public observation and comments (links forthcoming).

Fall 2025 Meeting: October 17, 2025 at 10:00AM-5:00PM
In person meeting located at California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P St, Room 221-A/B/C (second floor), Sacramento, CA, 95814. Zoom link and YouTube streaming link options will be available for public observation and comments (links forthcoming).

Past
Informational Virtual Meeting: February 13, 2025 at 10:30AM-12:00PM
This meeting will be primarily virtual. Public attendance is available at California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P St, Room 06-212 (sixth floor), Sacramento, CA, 95814. View the DWR event page announcing the DRIP Collaborative meeting.
Meeting Materials
Agenda | Presentation | Summary | Recording
2025 Workgroup Information: Overview of the DRIP Collaborative’s 2025 workgroups, including their purpose, membership (as of 2/13/25), and DWR point-of-contact.
2024 Progress Report: Summarizes the DRIP Collaborative’s activities and accomplishments in 2024, including adopted recommendations and the anticipated focus areas for 2025.
Members Remotely Participating
Alvar Escriva-Bou, Andrew Altevogt, Anna Naimark, Anna Schiller, Brent Hastey, Carolina Hernandez, Catherine Freeman, Cyril Barmore, Elea Becker Lowe, Emily Rooney, Jason Colombini, Joaquin Esquivel, John Andrew, Joshua Grover, Katie Ruby, Katy Landau, Kyle Jones, Laura Ramos, Louisa McCovey, Matessa Martin, Natalie Kuffel, Nate Ortiz, Petra Silverman, Redgie Collins, Samantha Arthur, Sierra Ryan, Suzanne Pecci, Tami McVay, Tim Worley, Virginia Jameson

Land Use Planning for Drought Resiliency Workgroup
Meeting 1: March 10, 2025 at 3:30PM-5:00PM
Hybrid meeting located at California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P St, Room 06-212, Sacramento, CA 95814. Workgroup members and the public were able to join at the physical location or via Zoom.
Meeting Materials
Agenda | Presentation | Recording
Workgroup Packet: Materials documenting past progress and discussion on the Land Use Planning focus area including the working problem statement, past comments made by members, and a list of related state bodies & programs.
Workgroup Members Remotely Participating
Sierra Ryan, Virginia Jameson, Natalie Kuffel, Anna Schiller, Emily Rooney, Brent Hastey, Carolina Hernandez, Jason Colombini, Kyle Jones, Catherine Freeman, Suzanne Pecci, Katie Ruby, Andrew Altevogt, Tami McVay

Reducing Ecosystem Impacts of Drought Workgroup
Meeting 1: March 18, 2025 at 1:00PM-2:30PM
Hybrid meeting located at California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P St, Room 06-213, Sacramento, CA 95814. Workgroup members and the public were able to join at the physical location or via Zoom.
Meeting Materials
Agenda | Presentation | Recording
Workgroup Packet: Materials documenting past progress and discussion on the Ecosystem Impacts focus area including the working problem statement, past comments made by members, and a list of related state bodies & programs.
Workgroup Members Remotely Participating
Redgie Collins, Anna Schiller, Laura Ramos, Alvar Escriva-Bou, Sierra Ryan, Brent Hastey, Samantha Arthur, Matessa Martin

Cross-Cutting Themes Workgroup
Meeting 1: March 28, 2025 at 1:00PM-2:30PM
Hybrid meeting located at California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P St, Room 06-212, Sacramento, CA 95814. Workgroup members and the public were able to join at the physical location or via Zoom.
Meeting Materials
Agenda | Presentation | Recording
Workgroup Members Remotely Participating
Kyle Jones, Catherine Freeman, Suzanne Pecci, Virginia Jameson, Tami McVay

Water Infrastructure and Planning Workgroup
Meeting 1: April 3, 2025 at 2:00PM-3:30PM
Hybrid meeting located at California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P Street, Room 04-211, Sacramento, CA 95814. Workgroup members and the public were able to join at the physical location or via Zoom. 
Meeting Materials
Agenda | Presentation | Recording
Workgroup Packet: Materials documenting past progress and discussion on the Water Infrastructure focus area including the working problem statement, past comments made by members, and a list of related state bodies & programs.
Workgroup Members Remotely Participating
Katie Ruby, Emily Rooney, Jason Colombini, Kyle Jones, Suzanne Pecci, Carolina Hernandez, Tim Worley, Laura Ramos, Alvar Escriva-Bou

Workgroup Overview

June 4, 2024
Hybrid meeting located at California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P Street, Sacramento. Workgroup members and the public were able to join at the physical location or via Zoom.
Meeting Materials
Agenda | Presentation | Recording
Workgroup Members Remotely Participating
Tim Worley, Redgie Collins, Laura Ramos, Suzanne Pecci, Katie Ruby, Matessa Martin, Jason Colombini, Justine Massey, Sierra Ryan, Catherine Freeman, Carolina Hernandez, Alvar Escriva-Bou

The full DRIP Collaborative membership meets three times a year in Spring, Summer, and Fall in publicly accessible meetings. The event information, materials, and outputs for each meeting are detailed below.

Fall 2024 Meeting: October 18, 2024
In person meeting located at California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P Street, Sacramento. Zoom and YouTube streaming options were also available for the public.
Meeting Materials
Agenda | Presentation | Summary | Recording
Potential 2025 Focus Area and Themes Statements: Initial drafts of the statements summarizing the purpose and direction of the 2025 focus areas and cross-cutting themes.
Part II Recommendation Drafts: Packet of full drafts of each recommendation (except for the Communication Program, its revised description is provided).

Summer 2024 Meeting: July 12, 2024
In person meeting located at California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P Street, Sacramento. Zoom and YouTube streaming options were also available for the public.
Meeting Materials
Agenda | Presentation | Summary | Recording
Part I Recommendation Drafts: Packet of drafts of the recommendation overviews.
Part I Recommendation Drafts Summary: Slide deck of brief recommendation descriptions and their interconnectedness.
Potential 2025 Focus Area Primers: Primer documents on the potential 2025 focus areas; summarizes past DRIP Collaborative member comments, highlights particular issues, and poses discussion questions relevant to each topic; also shares a list of relevant State reports, programs, and actions.
Recommendation Worksheet Input: Digitized hand-written feedback members gave during the meeting.
Recommendation Pre-Meeting Evaluation Worksheet: Pre-meeting worksheet soliciting thoughts and concerns on the proposed recommendations. DRIP Collaborative members were asked to complete this form ahead of the meeting to inform the discussion.

Spring 2024 Meeting: April 26, 2024
In person meeting located at California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P Street, Sacramento. Zoom and YouTube streaming options were also available for the public.
Meeting Materials
Agenda | Presentation | Summary | Recording
Recommendation Template: Template for DRIP Collaborative Members to develop recommendations for the task force's consideration.
Preliminary recommendations: Summary and notes from small group discussions to identify initial recommendation ideas.
Recommendation Worksheet Input: Summarized hand-written notes on recommendations
Recommendations Summary Presentation: Slide deck of recommendations’ initial descriptions.
Community Monitoring Recommendation Handout: Detailed description of the community groundwater monitoring recommendation. The handout was provided by a DRIP Collaborative member to share with the rest of the task force.

Fall 2023 Meeting: October 25, 2023
In person meeting located at the Downtown Sac State Training Center, 304 S Street, Sacramento. Zoom and YouTube streaming options were also available for the public.
Meeting Materials
Agenda | Presentation | Summary | Recording
Focus Themes Summary: Recap of Summer 2023 discussions about the focus areas.

Summer 2023 Meeting: July 20, 2023
In person meeting located at the Downtown Sac State Training Center, 304 S Street, Sacramento. Zoom and YouTube streaming options were also available for the public.
Meeting Materials
Agenda | Presentation | Summary | Recording
Reference Sheet: Reference sheet summarizing potential focus areas and ideas for the DRIP Collaborative.

Spring 2023 Meeting: April 6, 2023
In person meeting located at the Headquarters for the California Natural Resources Agency at 715 P Street, Sacramento. Meet and greet in person began at 12:30-1:00PM. Zoom and YouTube streaming options were also available starting at 1:00PM.
Meeting Materials
Agenda | Presentation | Summary | Recording

The DRIP Collaborative meeting location(s) are accessible to people with disabilities. Any person who requires special assistance to participate in the meeting, or wishes to request this notice or other meeting materials in an alternative format, requires translation services, or needs any disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, which would enable that person to participate at the meeting must make that request at least 7 days prior to the meeting date by contacting DWR staff at drip@water.ca.gov or calling (916) 606-2134.

Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act

As a State body, the task force is governed by the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, which requires the Collaborative to:

• Publish an agenda at least ten days in advance of any meeting,
• Describe specifically in that agenda the items to be transacted or discussed,
• And refuse to add an item subsequent to the published agenda. In addition to these general requirements the Bagley-Keene Act includes other specific provisions about how meetings are to be announced and conducted.