Week 12 – Video Complete!
I did it! Producing the video was quite an experience for me and I am very thankful that I managed to get it done. Plenty of hardships along the way. Mostly due to my inexperience with converting a...
View ArticleWeek 11 – Section IV Complete
This week I completed my recommendations portion of the written report. I chose to write up recommendations for the California Sierra Club to support EO B-29-15, mandatory water restrictions. The...
View ArticleWeek 10 – Section III and Presentation Report Complete
Great feeling to close this week, having completed and turned in both my Section III Analysis Report and In-Person Presentation Report. I felt writing my analysis of the policy for mandatory water...
View ArticleWeek 9 – Presentation Complete
It was a good feeling having completed my in-person presentation this past week at the City of Brea’s Chamber of Commerce (my hometown) weekly luncheon . After going through the process of securing a...
View ArticleWeek 8 – Research In, Time for Analyzation
Written Report Section II Complete! Writing up my research findings spun lots of ideas in my mind about the dissension mounting as the mandatory water restrictions begin to be implemented. I have found...
View ArticleWeek 7 – Continuing Research and the Delta System Problem
After having secured a forum for my in-person presentation last week, I narrowed my focus on research this week. As I posted before, clear-cut opposition to the mandatory water restrictions probably...
View ArticleWeek 6 – Prepping My Presentation
This was a tremendous week, in that I managed to secure a forum for my in-person presentation with the City of Brea’s Chamber of Commerce. It is tentatively scheduled for July 15th time is TBD. I...
View ArticleWeek 5 – Defining the Opposition
This week started with a phone interview with Joe Berg, the Water Use Efficiency Program Manager for the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC). Mr. Berg provided me with some insightful...
View ArticleWeek 4 – Research and Outlines
I have always known that I would restrain from deciding which side of the argument to take with mandatory water restrictions, but up to this week I had an idea which side I was on. Then I reached a...
View ArticleWeek 3 – Research, Making Progress on Venue for Presentation, and Hitting a...
I dedicated a great deal this week into researching the California drought. I focused on learning how the problem is being managed between the state and the agricultural sector. To do this, I educated...
View ArticleWeek 2 – Contacting Stakeholders, Tracking Developments with EO-B-29-15, and...
My progress this past week felt underachieved, yet when I looked over the list of things I accomplished I do feel that I made some decent headway. Most importantly I began some dialogue with a few...
View ArticleProject Topic
Project Topic: “Do you support or oppose California Executive Order B-29-15, mandatory water restrictions?” In January 2014 Governor Jerry Brown proclaimed a State of emergency existed in California...
View ArticleGetting Started
During the break between semesters I took a road trip through California’s San Joaquin Valley on my way to Napa Valley, wine country. The intent of the trip was to spend time with my wife and enjoy...
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