Our task in Paso Robles is to create our local GSA’s. According to the SGMA, GSAs must self-identify by June 30, 2017. We need to create a locally-controlled public water district with a nine-member board that consists of six landowners who must own land and live in or nearby the Basin plus three at-large members who must be registered voters within the proposed district boundaries and must live in the Basin.
The question for tonight is who should be on that nine-member board. This hybrid governance structure must represent the rural residents, ranchers, farmers, and vineyard owners in the Basin. It must also use evidence-based management in designing the 20 year plan for the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin.