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.,......, ~ c;, .-4 C. o ANNUAL REPORT COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALIFORNIA Year Ending December 31, 1969 THE BOARD Statutory Responsibilities The Colorado River Board of California is a State agency having the statutory responsi- bility of protecting the interests of California in the water and power resources of the Colorado River. The Board's six members are appointed by the Governor from nomi- nees of each of the six major California public agencies of California having established rights to the use of water or power from the Colorado River. These agencies are: Imperial Irrigation District, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles-Department of Water and Power, San Diego County Water Authority, Coa- chella Valley County Water District, and Palo Verde Irrigation District. The Chair- man of the Board, elected by the members, serves ex officio as Colorado River Commis- sioner of California. The duties of the Board are stated in Sections 12527 through 12533 of the California Water Code. Pursuant to the Water Code, the office of the Board is located in the City of Los An- geles. Regular meetings are held monthly, and special meetings upon the call of the Chairman. The Attorney General is legal counsel to the Board. Personnel Board membership was unchanged during 1969. Raymond R. Rummonds continued to serve as Chairman and Colorado River Com- missioner. The Board staff continued at 17 positions, the same level as in 1968. Negotiations and Conferences Members of the Board and staff continued deliberations and negotiations in a wide range of activities of importance to Cali- fornia's interests in the Colorado River sys- tem. Some of these are described in other sections of the annual report, and include analyses, conferences, and negotiations with representatives of other states and the federal government with respect to Colorado River Basin legislation, establishment of long- range operating criteria for Colorado River Basin reservoirs, Type I-Comprehensive Framework Studies of the land and water resources of the Southwest, regional water development of the western states, un- resolved present perfected rights issues in Arizona v. California litigation, water sup- plies and deliveries of the Colorado River, Lower Colorado River management prob- lems and related environmental factors, and salinity problems in the United States and Mexico. Liaison and Information Activities In addition to conferences and meetings pertaining to the several subjects mentioned above, members of the Board and staff at- tended and participated in numerous meet- ings of organizations or groups having a prime interest in water policy matters at the local, state, and national levels. Some of these organizations were the Colorado River Water Users Association, National Water Resources Association (formerly the Nation- al Reclamation Association), Pacific South- west Inter-Agency Committee, Southern California Water Conference, California Water Resources Association, Irrigation Dis- tricts Association, and Los Angeles and Cali- fornia State Chambers of Commerce. A revised and updated edition of the bro- chure, "California's Stake in the Colorado River," was distributed in late 1969. This 9