Finding Aid to the Thomas J. Graff papers BANC MSS 2009/134
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Series 1. Project files 1973-2009
Subseries 1.1. California water projects 1975-2009
Correspondence 1980-1989
Correspondence 1994-2004
Colorado River and Peripheral Canal 1980-1982
CA Public Utilities Commission documents 1975, 1984
Federal Reclamation Hydroelectric Powerplants Authorization Bill (HR 4275) and Hoover Dam 1983-1984
Hydroelectric relicensing and Hoover Dam 1983-1985
Hydroelectric relicensing, Hoover Dam, and Colorado River issues 1985
Hydroelectric relicensing and Hoover Dam- news articles 1984-1985
Pleasant Valley Water District- inclusion in San Luis Unit of Central Valley Project 1984-1987
Imperial Irrigation District, agreement with Metropolitan Water District of Southern California 1982-1985
Elmore v. Imperial Irrigation District/ Imperial Irrigation District v. State Water Resources Control Board- case documents 1984-1991
Imperial Irrigation District v. State Water Resources Control Board- case documents 1984-1991
Imperial Irrigation District v. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California- case documents 1986-1991, 2000
Imperial Irrigation District- Water Requirements and Availability Study 1996
Westlands Water District- San Luis Unit/ San Joaquin Valley drainage issues 1981-1985
Westlands Water District v. United States, drainage issues 1981-1985
Westlands Water District- EDF proposals, reports, and correspondence 1985-1986
Westlands Water District, drainage issues 1996, 2000
Westlands Water District, San Luis Unit and Central Valley Project drainage agreement 2006-2007
San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, San Luis Unit, Kesterson Reservoir 1990-1991
San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program 1996-2000
Grassland Bypass Project (San Luis Unit)- US Bureau of Reclamation reports 1998-2000
San Joaquin Valley drainage/ San Luis Unit- Environmental Impact Report 2000-2004
San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program circa 2003-2007
Research- water rights cases 1979
San Francisco Bay Area water quality issues/ Peripheral Canal 1985-1990
US Bureau of Reclamation, Central Valley Project/ Mid Valley Canal 1984-1987
US Burea of Reclamation, Central Valley Project/ Water and Power Authorization Act 1985-1987
US Bureau of Reclamation, Central Valley Project- trial water diversions 1987
San Francisco Bay/ Delta Watershed, fisheries, Peripheral Canal 1987
San Francisco Bay/ Delta water transfers to Southern California 1987-1988
California Environmental Protection Agency ballot initiative/ Pete Wilson gubernatorial campaign 1988-1990
Central Valley Project reform 1990-1992
California drought and water policy/ transfers 1991
California Drought Emergency Water Bank 1991-1992
State Water Conservation Coalition- water transfers 1990-1991
Central Valley Project reform 1991
California Assembly and Senate bills- water rights and transfers (AB 2090 and others) 1991
California Three- Way Water Agreement Process- Subcommittee for Bay/ Delta Guarantees 1991
California Three- Way Water Agreement Process 1991
California Three- Way Water Agreement Process- steering committee 1991-1993
Central Valley Project/ Bay- Delta Standards Interim Oversight Committee 1991-1993
Central Valley Project- water transfers and interim guidelines 1991-1994, 1999
Central Valley Project Improvement Act/ Central Valley Project Fish and Wildlife Act 1991-1992
Central Valley Project Improvement Act 1991-1992
Central Valley Project Improvement Act 1991-1992
Central Valley Project Improvement Act- notes and suggested changes (including by Hoopa Tribe) 1991-1992
Central Valley Project Improvement Act- draft bill language 1992
Central Valley Project Improvement Act- correspondence and reports 1992
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992- Conference Report 1992
Congressional Record- June 18, October 5, October 8 1992
California Water Bank/ Water Transfers 1992-1993
Central Valley Project Improvement Act- correspondence and testimony 1992-1995
Endangered Species Act Reauthorization- application to Central Valley Project Improvement Act 1993
Central Valley Project- reports 1992-1994
Water transfers- Monterey Agreement and correspondence with Central Coast Water Authority 1994-1995
Monterey Agreement/ Central Valley Project water transfers 1995
San Francisco Bay/ Delta water management, Water Rights Decision 1630 1992-1993
California Water Bank- "Indian Water Rights: Negotiating the Future" report 1993
State Water Project Contract Amendment 16 (Monterey Agreement) white paper 1995
Central Valley Project- federal divestiture, transfer to Central Valley Project Authority 1995
Central Valley Project- title transfer and federal divestiture 1995-1999
Central Valley Project- repayment analysis 1998-2001
Central Valley Project Improvement Act- analysis 1998-2007
Draft Environmental Assessment for CVPIA Land Retirement Program 1999-2000
NDRC comments on Central Valley Project renewal 2000-2004
CVPIA: Ten Years of Progress (UC Bureau of Reclamation report) 2004
CVPIA- various documents 1990-1992
CVPIA/ Central California Irrigation District Water Transfer Policy 1993-1994
Central CA Irrigation District- water transfers between Areias Dairy Farms and Metropolitan Water District of Southern CA 1994
State Water Project/ CA Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources testimony 1994
City of Sacramento- water supply expansion Environmental Impact Report 1995
Monterey Agreement 1995
Glenn- Colusa Irrigation District- water purchase by EDF 1995
Sacramento/ Folsom Dam 1995
Imperial Irrigation District- San Diego Water Authority water transfer 1995
EBMUD board meetings 1995
EBMUD American River Project/ Auburn Dam 1994-2000
Salton Sea management- Imperial Irrigation District 1995
American River- EBMUD Water Supply Management Program Action Plan 1995
American River water diversion/ Auburn Dam 1995
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWDSC)- Colorado River water project, Auburn Dam Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 1996
MWDSC, American River Water Resources Investigation 1995-1996
American River Water Resources Investigation EIR/ EIS (Sacramento Metropolitan Water Authority) 1996
American River Watershed program/ Auburn Dam 1995-1996
American River, "Progress Toward a Regional Water Agreement" (Water Forum Report)/ Folsom South Canal Connection Project (EBMUD report) 1996
Colorado River Board 1991
Colorado River water supplies/ Metropolitan Water District of Southern California 1994-1996
Colorado River water supply/ Colorado River Board 1996-1999
Colorado River water supplies 1999-2000
Colorado River- Agreement Between the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the San Diego Couty Water Authority for the Exchance of Water 1998
"A Delta Once More: Restoring Riparian and Wetland Habitat in the Colorado River Delta" 1999
Colorado River Delta- Cadiz Groundwater Storage and Dry- Year Supply Program 1999-2001
Cadiz- news articles 1999-2008
Conserving California Landscapes Initiave and Ocean Programs- Packard Foundation grants 1999-2001
Hewlett Foundation- Restoring SF Bay/ Delta Ecosystem proposal 2001
Water markets presentation for Hewlett Foundation 2002
Using Market Incentives to Conserve, Protect, and Restore Natural Resources (EDF presentation) 2001
CALFED Bay/ Delta legislation 1998-2003
Bay/ Delta Accord, Bay/ Delta Water Quality Control Plan 1998
Amendatory Contract Between the US and EBMUD Providing for Project Water Service 1998-1999
Water Resources Development Act 2000
CALFED Bay/ Delta program- environmental water account 2000-2005
MWDSC- California Aqueduct Dry- Year Transfer Program 2000
Testimonies regarding Electricity Emergency Relief Act of 2001 2001
Letters to legislators regarding CALFED 2001
CA Water System financing- assembly bills 2002
Colorado/ Platt Rivers Cooperative Agreements- EDF withdrawal 2002
CVPIA implementation lawsuit 2002-2004
CVPIA cases 2003-2006
CALFED implementation 2003
Bay/ Delta water issues- Napa Agreement, CVPIA 2003
CA Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources- Napa Agreement hearings 2003
US Senate Water and Power Subcommittee Hearing- The CALFED Bay/ Delta Authorization Act 2003
CALFED Implementation: The Role of the Napa Proposal (report) 2003
CALFED Bay- Delta Authorization Act, Quantitative Settlement Agreement 2003
Conservation Agreement Among the Bureau of Reclamation, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley Water District, and San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) 2003
Agreement to Resolve Salton Sea Flooding Damage Issues By and Between Imperial Irrigation District and Coachella Valley Water District 2003
Quantification Settlement Agreement- Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley Water District, and MWDSC 2003
Quantification Settlement- Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley Water District, and SDCWA 2003
Agreeement for water acquisition- MWDSC and Coachella Valley Water District 2003
Water transfer, exchange, and storage agreements- MWDSC, SDCWA, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley Water District 2003
Colorado River- water district agreements 2003
Little Hoover Commission- Review of the CALFED Bay/ Delta Program 2005
Imperial Irrigation District- Quantification Settlement Agreement 2004
Imperial Irrigation District- water transfers 2003-2004
Quantification Settlement Agreement- Imperial Irrigation District/ SDCWA 2005
Report on MWDSC water supply 2003
Opinion research firms- proposals to EDF 2004
Bay/ Delta issues 2004-2007
Packets for legislators- CA Bay/Delta issues 2004-2007
Tule River Basin 2001-2003
Bay/Delta Vision Task Force and Conservation Plan 2008
Comparing Futures for the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta (Public Policy Institute of CA) 2008
San Joaquin Valley water resources- correspondence and news articles 2009
Bay Delta Conservation Plan- correspondence and documents 2009
Peripheral Canal History 2009
Bay/ Delta Conservation Plan 2009
Sacramento- San Joaquin Bay Delta water package/ Imperial Irrigation District 2009
Senate bills- Bay/Delta 2009
News articles about Bay/Delta and other water issues 2006-2009
Bay/ Delta- reports by others 2009
Testimonies by Thomas Graff 1980-2006
Trading Conservation Investments for Water (EDF proposal for MWDSC) 1983
EBMUD Water Supply Management Program- comments 1993-1998
SFPUC Water Supply Master Plan 2000
American River Basin reports- US Bureau of Reclamation 2001
Tule River Conservation Development Project (potential EDF purchase) 2001
Assessment report for Hewlett Foundation 1990
Dean Wittner Foundation grants- correpsondence and grant proposals 1992-2000
Los Angeles Project Office- various projects 2000
Los Angeles Project Office- Chinatown Cornfield 2000
Governor Bruce Babbitt statements 1990-1997
California- "No on Proposition 87" issue 2006
Miscellaneous 1989-2009
Progress Report on Socioeconomic Mitigation Efforts Under the Imperial Irrigation District- SDCWA Water Conservation and Transfer Agreement 2006
Subseries 1.2. Transportation and emissions projects 1981-2007
Alton Coal Mine- attorney fees, legal fees, and itemized lists 1981-1984
Utah International, Inc. v. US Department of the Interior (Alton Coal Mine)- correpsondence and reports 1981-1987
Utah International, Inc. v. US Department of the Interior- court documents 1981-1984
Utah International, Inc. v. US Department of the Interior- reports and case documents 1981-1987
Cleaning Southern California's Air and Protecting Its Economy project (CSCAPE) and Equitable Transportation Project 1990-1992
CSCAPE/ Transportation Conformity Working Group 1992-1993
CSCAPE- "Public Finance of Surface Transportation in SoCal, 1989-1991" (EDF report) 1992-1993
Reason Foundation report- "Congestion Pricing for Southern California: Using Market Pricing to Reduce Congestion and Emissions" 1992
CSCAPE and Clean Air Act 1993
CSCAPE and meeting of Western Governors' Association 1993
CSCAPE- California Economic Summit/ Market Incentives Conference 1993
CSCAPE project 1993
CSCAPE- "Efficient and Equitable Transportation for Southern California" (EDF report) 1993
CSCAPE- Thomas Graff and Fred Cannon op- ed for Los Angeles Times 1993
Emissions Trading Conference/ EDF support for NAFTA 1993
CSCAPE and Equitable Transportation Project 1993
CSCAPE- James Irvine Foundation grants 1993-2001
CSCAPE- Haynes Foundation grants 1994-1996
California Commission on Transportation Investment- final report 1995
EDF reports on emissions and transportation circa 1998
Alameda County- Sunol Grade new lanes 1998-2001
California Transportation Projects- CalTrans, MTS, etc. 2000
Emissions/ cap and trade- correspondence 2004-2007
Transportation emissions- research 2006-2007
Hetch Hetchy- correspondence and working documents 2000
Hetch Hetchy- correspondence and working documents 2001
Hetch Hetchy- correspondence and working documents 2002
Hetch Hetchy- San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) Capital Improvements Program 2002
Hetch Hetchy- correspondence and working documents 2003
Hetch Hetchy/ SFPUC Capital Improvements Program- reports, studies, and proposals 2003
Hetch Hetchy- correspondence and working documents 2004
Hetch Hetchy- focus groups 2004
Hetch Hetchy- "Paradise, Regained" and another EDF reports 2004
Hetch Hetchy- SFPUC materials 2004
Hetch Hetchy- correspondence 2005
Hetch Hetchy- correspondence 2005
Hetch Hetchy- correspondence and working documents 2005
Hetch Hetchy- reports and studies 2005
Hetch Hetchy- SFPUC Water System Imrovement Program proposal 2005
Hetch Hetchy- EDF reports and analysis 2005
Hetchy Hetchy- program documents 2005
SFPUC- "Protecting Hetch Hetchy Water System" report 2005
Hetch Hetchy correspondence 2006
Hetch Hetchy- correspondence and working documents 2006
Hetch Hetchy- project materials and reports 2006
Hetch Hetchy Restoration Study 2006
Hetch Hetchy press packets circa 2007
Hetch Hetchy- correspondence and working documents 2007
Hetch Hetchy- correspondence and working documents 2007
Hetch Hetchy- SFPUC San Joaquin Pipeline System Project 2007
Hetch Hetchy- SFPUC Water System Improvement Program 2007
Hetch Hetchy- correspondence 2009
Hetch Hetchy- working documents undated
Hetch Hetchy- collected news articles 2002
Hetch Hetchy- collected news articles 2003
Hetch Hetchy- collected news articles 2004
Hetch Hetchy- collected news articles 2005
Hetch Hetchy- collected news articles 2006
Hetch Hetchy- collected news articles 2007
Hetch Hetchy- SFPUC publications 2007
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) v. East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) 1973
EDF v. Gilbert Stamm 1973
County of Del Norte v. USA (EDF as Intervenor) 1981
EDF open cases 1982
EDF v. EBMUD 1990
Cases involving Tulalip Tribes and La Jolla Band of Mission Indians 1984
San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act 1987
Golden Gate Audubon v. State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) 1995
SWRCB- Tule River Claimed Pre-1914 Water Right case 1995-2003
San Luis and Delta Mendota Water Authority v. USA 2000-2003
Planning and Conservation League v. Department of Water Resources and Central Coast Water Authority 2000, 2004
El Dorado Irrigation District v. SWRCB 2005-2006
Don Laub v. Joseph Graham ("Gray") Davis; Regional Council of Rural Counties v. State of California 2006-2008
Don Laub v. Joseph Graham ("Gray") Davis; Regional Council of Rural Counties v. State of California 2006-2008
National Resources Defense Council v. US Bureau of Reclamation 2006
SWRCB cases (Third Appellate District- Sacramento) 2006
Series 2. Conferences, publicity, and publications 1971-2009
Public land review conference 1984
Second International Conference on Privatization and Deregulation in Passenger Transportation 1991
Conference- The Role of Pricing and Market- Based Strategies (Transportation) 1992
Environmental Protections Through Market Incentives Conference 1993
US- China Water Conservation Symposium 1995
Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources- 26th meeting 1999
Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources- 27th meeting 1999
Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources- 28th meeting 1999
Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources- 29th meeting 2000
New Zealand Policy Tour 2000
California and the Future of Environmental Policy conference, Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley 2005-2006
Symposium: Improving the Efficiency of California Water and Energy Systems 2006
Dividing the Waters project 2006
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity- Funder Briefing on US Water Policy and Management 2006
Gianni Foundation- 75th anniversary celebration, UC Berkeley 2006
A Greener Shade of Blue: Eighth State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference 2007
Freeport regional Water Project groundbreaking ceremony 2007
EDF press releases and Op- Eds 1971-1983
Berkeley Office Newsletters 1973-1983
EDF Newsletters 1980, 1987, 1999
Environmental Law and the Governmental Process (UC Berkeley course taught by Graff) 1976
Journal articles by Thomas Graff 1978-2004
Papers by Thomas Graff about Colorado River 1981, 1985
Articles about Thomas Graff circa 1983
Interview with Thomas Graff 2009
EDF reports on water pollution 1994-2000
The Berkeley Environmental Defense Fund: An Organizational Analysis 1984
The Tuolumne River: Preservation or Development? An Economic Assesment (EDF report) 1984
EDF papers 2003, undated
EDF presentations 2003-2006
EDF Western Program- Organizational Effectiveness Workshop 2000
Organizing an Environmental Water Trust in CA (report for EDF) 2001
Water Transfers in the West: Efficiency, Equity, and the Environment (NRC report- EDF review copy) 1992
Downstream: Adaptive Management of Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River Ecosystem (NRC report- EDF review copy) 1999
Nutrient Over- Enrichment in Coastal Waters (NRC report- EDF review copy) 1999
Managing the national Water Resources Infrastructure (NRC report- EDF review copy) 2003
Issues of Metro Investment Report (including articles by Thomas Graff) 2003-2007
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California reports and statements 1982-1893, 1994
Reports and articles on environmental planning 1982-1983, 1999-2006
Research- papers on water use 1975-2006
Research- journal articles 1998-2007
Research- emissions 2003
Hanak, Ellen- "Who Gets to Sell Water in California?" report 2003
Research- conservation pricing of water 2006
Congressional Record 1984
News articles on water issues 1984-2009
Thomas Graff oral history at Bancroft Library: "The Passage of the CVPIA, 1991-1992: EDF Perspective" 1994
Thomas Graff oral history, Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library 2009
EDF finding aid at Stony Brook University circa 2009
News articles on water issues 1978-2003
Papers by Thomas Graff and EDF 1978-1984
Papers on water marketing and irrigation 1997-2004
Letters to newspapers editors/ proposed articles 1979-1981
Letters to editors/ Op- Eds 1982-2009
Dynamos and Virgins (EDF book) publicity and potential donors 1984-1985
EDF office memoranda 1972-1983
EDF memoranda, staffing, executive committee, and annual meeting 1983
EDF budget 1983
EDF trustee and litigation review committee nominations 1982
EDF litigation review committee 1983, 1997-2005
Attorney fees- correspondence 1981-1987
Attorney- client fee contracts 2003
Donor lists/ reports to donors 1985
Donations and grants- correspondence 1999-2004
Graff office leave and health issues 2007-2009
Graff retirement 2009