Conferences & Speaking Engagements

Law Seminars International

Best Best & Krieger LLP Partner Paeter Garcia is co-chair of Law Seminars International’s two-day conference and webcast “Groundwater Regulation and Management in California: Updates on Legal and Policy Developments; Practical Tips and Strategies,” which will be held March 2-3, 2015 in Sacramento. Paeter, along with BB&K Managing Partner Eric Garner, will also be speaking on panels.

California's new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is perhaps the most significant water law to be passed in the last 100 years. For the first time, California will implement broad reaching regulations over groundwater that will be phased in over the next several years. These new requirements will substantially affect future decisions in the areas of land use, the environment, agriculture and municipal water use, and many other aspects of California life.

Join industry experts, leading attorneys and agency officials for a two-day conference regarding the mechanics and implications of the new Act. Topics include statewide perspectives in groundwater management, legal implications of the new laws, practical approaches and requirements for forming Groundwater Sustainability Agencies and developing Groundwater Sustainability Plans, the role of state agencies, funding issues, and practical examples of how real life groundwater disputes are resolved today.

This comprehensive conference will provide local government, agricultural, environmental, attorney and consultant interests with a working knowledge of how to plan for the future under the new groundwater legislation.

What You Will Learn

• Geohydrology science and engineering
• Existing groundwater law and what AB 3030 changes
• Development of Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) and Plans (GSPs)
• What to expect in terms of state assistance and involvement
• Relationship between AB 3030 planning and other planning requirements and processes
• Financing issues
• Resolving groundwater disputes: Options when informal methods, such as mediation, fail
• Contingency planning: What if a plan fails?
• Case studies of the issues in the most controversial areas

BB&K Speakers

Paeter Garcia: “Relationship Between Planning Under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and Other Planning Requirements and Processes”
Tuesday, March 3
8:45 – 10:15 a.m.

Eric Garner: “Resolving Groundwater Disputes: Options When Informal Methods, such as Mediation, Fail”
Tuesday, March 3
1:15 – 2 p.m.

BB&K is also co-sponsoring the reception for faculty and attendees at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 2.

Where
Courtyard Marriott Sacramento Midtown
4422 Y Street
Sacramento, CA 95817