Title:
The passage of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, 1991-1992 : oral history transcript: the Central Valley Project
Water Association Perspective / 1999
California water resources oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Somach, Stuart L. (Stuart Leslie), 1948-, creator, interviewee.
Creator/Contributor:
Chall, Malca, interviewer.
Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.
Abstract:
Representing Central Valley Project Water Assn. (CVPWA); drafting and revising John Seymour's bill S. 2016, and efforts to
pass Seymour bill and oppose bills of Congressman George Miller, Senator Bill Bradley (Miller-Bradley bills); relationships
with Miller, Bradley, Central Valley congressmen and their staffs; ineffective lobbying efforts of CVPWA; discusses Governor
Pete Wilson, David Schuster, Daniel Beard, Victor Fazio, Richard Lehman, Calvin Dooley, Carl Boronkay (Metropolitan Water
District), Kim Schnoor, Somach-Graff negotiations, CALFED.
Date:
1999 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Natural resources -- California -- Interviews
Water resources development -- Law and legislation -- California
Wetland conservation -- Economic aspects -- California -- Central Valley (Valley)
Lawyers -- California -- Interviews
Ressources naturelles -- Californie -- Entretiens
Zones humides -- Conservation -- Aspect économique -- Californie -- Grande Vallée
Wetland conservation -- Economic aspects
Water resources development -- Law and legislation
Natural resources
Lawyers
California -- Central Valley (Valley)
California
Central Valley Project Improvement Act (United States)
Central Valley Project (Calif.)
United States.
Central Valley Project Water Association.
Central Valley Project (Calif.)
Note:
Stuart Somach ; an interview conducted by Malca Chall in 1998. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of: California water resources oral history series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3060 C:1-4.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biography
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (viii, 96 pages) : portrait ; 29 cm
4 audiocassettes
Language:
English
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.