I. Assembly Committee on Water
1967-1969
Box 1, folder 1
Miscellaneous Water Committee Concerns
1967-1969
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases.
Box 1, folder 2-4
Ron Robie--Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
1963-1970
Physical Description: 3 folders
Scope and Contents
Clippings of personal interest, including magazine articles, newspaper editorials, press releases.
Box 1, folder 5-6
Formation of State Water Resources Control Board (AB163)
1966-1967
Physical Description: 2 folders
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, memoranda, press releases, staff reports.
Box 1, folder 7-8
Water Pollution
1967-1969
Physical Description: 2 folders
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, newspaper and journal clippings, memoranda.
Box 2, folder 9
Dos Rios Dam Hearings (Sacramento), (Ukiah)
17 Oct 1968
16 Aug 1968
Physical Description: 1 large binder
Scope and Contents
Speakers' statements, separate agenda for each hearing lists speakers.
Box 2-3, folder 10-13
California Water Quality Improvement Act (AB 413 (Porter-Cologne)), preliminary
1968
Physical Description: 4 binders
Scope and Contents
Committee task assignments for Study Project: Water Quality Control Program, minutes of meetings, reports, draft of revisions
to Water Code proposed by the Project.
Box 3, folder 14-17
California Water Quality Improvement Act (AB 413 (Porter-Cologne)), After Enactment
1969
Physical Description: 4 folders
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, clippings, memoranda, analyses of the bill, suggested amendments, copy of AB 413.
Box 4, folder 18
Carley V. Porter
1970-1972
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memorabilia on the occasions of Porter's 1970 tribute dinner and of his death, obituaries, list of Porter's
1971 speeches and of bills authored by Porter--1959-1968.
II. State Water Resources Control Board
1971-1974
Box 4, folder 19
Digest of Water Quality Control Actions
1970-1974
Physical Description: 1 binder
Scope and Contents
Arranged chronologically, contains a Table of Contents and a Subject/Phrase Index.
Box 4, folder 20
Office File, Miscellaneous
1975
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Memoranda, correspondence. Organization Chart, SWRCB, Sept 1974.
Box 4, folder 21-24
Miscellaneous SWRCB Concerns
1973
Physical Description: 4 folders
Scope and Contents
Clippings, correspondence, press releases, draft of "Big Speech."
Box 4-5, folder 25-29
Personal Correspondence
1969-1974
Physical Description: 5 folders
Scope and Contents
(1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; Misc. 1970-74)
Box 5-6, folder 30-35
Office Files
March 1964-March 1973
Physical Description: 6 large folders
Scope and Contents
(3/64-10/72; 10/72-11/72; 11/72-12/72; 1/73; 2/73; 3/73-11/73)
Arranged chronologically.
Correspondence, briefs, legal arguments, publications.
Box 6, folder 36
Effects of the New Melones Project on Fish and Wildlife Resources
Oct 1972
Physical Description: 1 binder
Scope and Contents
Report to the SWRCB by Dept of Fish and Game.
Box 6-7, folder 37-39
New Melones Dam Bureau of Reclamation Applications 14858, 14859, 19303 and 19304
Oct-Dec 1972
Physical Description: 3 large binders
Scope and Contents
(10/26/72-11/10/72; 11/13/72-12/4/72; 12/5/72-12/11/72)
Transcript of testimony, arranged chronologically.
Box 7, folder 40
New Melones Dam Publications
1972-1973
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Contains referrals to publications shelved in the Water Archives.
Box 7, folder 41
USA v.
SWRCB (New Melones Dam)
Oct 1973-Jan 1975
Physical Description: 1 large folder (41)
Scope and Contents
Arranged chronologically.
Legal argument over Decision 1422. Indexed by a brief description of contents.
Box 8, folder 42-43
New Melones Dam Miscellaneous
1975-1977
Physical Description: 2 binders
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, clippings, memoranda, documents.
Box 8, folder 44
Analysis of Legal Problems in the Delta
1969
Physical Description: 1 binder
Scope and Contents
Attached letter identifies this as a law review article by Elmer Malakoff
Box 8-9, folder 45-47
Delta Briefs
1969-1973
Physical Description: 3 large folders
Scope and Contents
(1969-70; 1971; 1972-73)
Arranged chronologically
Includes briefs related to
In the Matter of Application 5625 and 38 Other Applications to Appropriate from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Water Supply(Decision 1379).
Box 9, folder 48-51
Decision 1379
1971
Physical Description: 4 folders
Scope and Contents
Three draft versions.
Box 9, folder 52
The Legal Duty of the Federal Central Valley Project
1 July 1974
Physical Description: 1 binder
Scope and Contents
A preliminary draft by Deputy General Counsel Jarlath Oley.
Box 10-11, folder 53-56
Miscellaneous
1971-1974
Physical Description: 4 large binders
Scope and Contents
(1/71-9/71; 11/71-12/71; 1972; 1973-74)
Arranged chronologically
Clippings, correspondence, memoranda, press releases.
Box 11, folder 57-58
Western States Water Planning
1966-1971
Physical Description: 2 binders
Scope and Contents
(1966-68; 1969-71)
Minutes, drafts of documents, correspondence.
Box 11-12, folder 59-62
American River
1969-1973
Physical Description: 4 large folders
Scope and Contents
(1/71-9/71; 1171-12/71; 1972; 1973-74)
Briefs, Decisions, memoranda, transcript of testimony, correspondence.
Box 12, folder 63
Peripheral Canal
1969-1970, 1974
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports.
Box 12, folder 64
Martinez Hearing SWRCB
14 March 1970
Physical Description: 1 binder
Scope and Contents
Transcript of public hearing to review discharge cases
Box 12, folder 65
Kerry Mulligan, Resignation as Chair SWRCB
1972
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Clippings, press releases.
Box 13, folder 66
Planning and Conservation Task Force
1974
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Correspondence.
Box 13, folder 67-72
1974 Legislation: SB 1873, AB 3070, AB 3204
1974
Physical Description: 6 folders
Scope and Contents
Clippings, correspondence, reports, memoranda, copies of bills as amended, proposed amendments, bill analyses.
Box 13, folder 73
Bank of America vs.
SWRCB (Rancho Murietta Appeal)
1971-1974
Physical Description: 1 large folder
Scope and Contents
Arranged chronologically.
Twenty five sections of briefs. An index is provided.
Box 13-14, folder 74-76
Contra Costa Co. Water Agency vs.
SWRCB
1977
Physical Description: 3 folders
Scope and Contents
Contents: "Reply to Petitioners' Brief After Trial" (14 Dec 1977); "Closing Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support
of Demurrer and Motion to Strike" (6 June 1977); "Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Demurrer to Petition
for Writ of Mandate" (5 Apr 1977).
Box 14, folder 77
Environmental Protection Agency vs.
SWRCB
1973-1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Briefs for petitioner and respondents, U.S. Supreme Court opinion.
Box 14, folder 78-79
Miscellaneous
1974-1975
Physical Description: 2 folders
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, "Material gathered during the campaign of Gov. Brown," Robie comments on filling various state positions.
III. Department of Water Resources
1976-1982
Box 14, folder 80
DWR Legal Opinions
1975-1978
Physical Description: 1 binder
Scope and Contents
Divided by years, with final section: "Attorney General's Opinions" Memoranda. An index arranged by date is provided.
Box 15-18, folder 81-89
Staff Activity Status Reports
Oct 1976-Dec 1982
Physical Description: 9 binders
Scope and Contents
(10/76-12/77; 1/78-6/78; 6/78-12/78; 1/79-8/79; 8/79-12/79; 1/80-9/80; 9/80-8-81; 8/81-4/82; 5/82-12/82)
Memoranda. "They are to be Ron's personal record of activities in DWR while he is Director."
Box 18-20, folder 90-103
Staff Daily Activities
Sept 1975-Dec 1982
Physical Description: 14 binders
Memoranda from:
James, Bob (90-92) 9/76-12/77; 1/78-12/79; 1/80-11/82
Johnston, Jack (93) 1/78-11/79
Johnston, Jack/Mary Anne Mark 1/79-11/79
Mark, Mary Anne (95) 1/80-12/82
Meral, Jerry (96-98) 9/75-12/77; 1/78-12/79; 1/80-1/82
Reynolds, Robin (99) 7/76-12/77
Shoemaker, Chuck (100-102) 9/75-7/77; 12/15/78; 5/78-4/79
Miscellaneous Staff (103) 2/81-11/81
Box 21, folder 104-108
Director's Notes
1980-1982
Physical Description: 5 folders
Scope and Contents
Memoranda on personnel actions, reports on small hydro development, inventory of records of the Brown Administration sent
to the History and Archives Project, organization charts for DWR (Nov 1982), photocopies of handwritten notes sent by Robie.
Box 21-23, folder 109-120
SB 346 Office Files
1977
Physical Description: 11 large file folders
Box 21, folder 109-111
SB 346 General Correspondence
Jan-May; June-July; Aug-Oct
Box 22, folder 112-114
SB 346 DWR Amendments
Jan-15 June; 16 June-July; Aug-Sept
Box 22, folder 115
SB 346 Amendments Submitted by Others
Box 22, folder 116
SB 346 Correspondence to and from State Legislators
Box 22, folder 117
SB 346 Letters of Support
Box 22, folder 118
SB 346 Letters of Opposition
Box 23, folder 120
SB 346 Technical Back-up Data
Box 23, folder 121-122
Documentation of the Bill's History
1977
Physical Description: 2 large binders
Scope and Contents
Arranged into 12 sections:
Correspondence, handout material, financial analysis, operations studies... An index is provided.
Box 24-25, folder 123-126
Documentation of Reactions to a Peripheral Canal
1977-1979
Physical Description: 4 binders
Scope and Contents
(1976-1977; 1977; 1978; 1978-1979)
Correspondence, comments on the bill, analyses of the bill, proposed amendments, maps, memoranda, reports.
Box 25, folder 127-133
Amendments
1977
Physical Description: 7 folders
Scope and Contents
Final versions of the bill at various dates, working copies of the bill with suggested amendments, amendments proposed by
various groups.
Box 25-26, folder 134-137
Miscellaneous
1977
Physical Description: 4 folders
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, clippings.
Box 26, folder 138
SB 1361
1980
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Final printed versions of the bill, working copies of the bill with suggested amendments, roll calls.
Box 26, folder 139-141
SB 200 Comments and Analyses of the Bill
1979-1980
Physical Description: 3 folders
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, reports.
Box 26-27, folder 142-143
SB 200 Amendments
1979-1980
Physical Description: 1 large binder and 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Final printed versions of SB 200 as well as of related Assembly Bills, working copies of the bills with suggested amendments,
copies of amendments proposed by various legislators.
Box 27-30, folder 144-149
Clippings
1977-1982
Physical Description: 6 large binders
Scope and Contents
(Aug 1974-July 1975; June-Dec 1977; Jan 1977-Oct 1980; 1980-1981; 1981-1982; May-June 1982)
The first binder also contains memoranda, correspondence, draft EIR for the peripheral canal, Comments by the Sierra Club
and the Environmental Defense Fund on the draft EIR (43 pp).
Box 30, folder 150-151
Correspondence
1980
Physical Description: 2 large binders
Scope and Contents
Letters from private citizens and legislators with copies of Robie's replies, a few memoranda, press releases and clippings.
Box 31, folder 152
Reports
1979-1980
Physical Description: 1 binder
Box 31, folder 153-154
Miscellaneous
1979-1980
Physical Description: 2 folders
Scope and Contents
Clippings, memoranda, correspondence.
Box 31, folder 155
California Water Advisory Panel
27-28 Oct 1975
Physical Description: 1 binder
Scope and Contents
Meeting notes transcribed from a cassette recording. A list of those in attendance is provided.
Box 31, folder 156-157
Delta Negotiations
1975
1976
Physical Description: 1 binder;
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, comments from various agencies on DWR's Phase II report on Delta Alternatives, summary of testimony
at Delta Water Hearing (15 Nov 1976), charts of supply and demand for Delta water.
Box 31, folder 158
Western States Water Council
1975-1982
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
From Bob Miller: "Here is a small pile of WSWC material that I felt Ron might like to have....This material was subjectively
selected for its personal and nostalgic merit."
Memoranda, correspondence, policy statements.
Box 31, folder 159
Surplus Water
1963-1968
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
From P. A. Towner: "In reply to your memorandum of August 4, 1976, we have assembled copies of correspondence, etc., on the
early background of the surplus water program and amendments."
List of contents is provided.
Box 32, folder 160
Federal/State Issues
1977
Physical Description: 1 large binder
Scope and Contents
15 sections in alphabetical order (A-F), each section has a contents page Memoranda, reports, press releases, position papers,
drafts.
Box 32, folder 161
Coal Power Plant
1978
Physical Description: 1 large binder
Scope and Contents
47 sections of memoranda, 11 sections of articles
Index is provided.
Box 33-34, folder 162-164
Governor's Commission to Review Water Rights Law
1978
Physical Description: 3 large binders
Scope and Contents
Arranged alphabetically (A-F; G-Q; R-Z)
First binder contains a list of commenters' names and affiliations.
Box 34, folder 165-166
San Joaquin Valley
1978-1979
Physical Description: 2 binders
Scope and Contents
Arranged by subject, an index is provided
DWR reports and excerpts, memoranda, graphs and tables.
Box 35, folder 167
State Employees' Strike
June 1979
Physical Description: 1 binder
Scope and Contents
3 sections: Court Decisions, Status Reports, News Clips.
Box 35, folder 168
Proposition 8: Water Resources Development and Protection
Nov 1980
Physical Description: 1 binder
Scope and Contents
Clippings, correspondence, a copy of the proposition.
Box 35, folder 168-172
Miscellaneous
1977-1980
Physical Description: 5 folders
Scope and Contents
Clippings, correspondence, memoranda.
