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Chronology 1849 - California Gold Rush begins, triggering major changes to the state's natural environ- ment, as miners divert streams and rivers to facilitate placer mining and hydraulic mining, 1854 - California Supreme Court in Eldridge v, Cowell (4 Cal. 80) lays foundafion for Public Trust doctrine when it recognizes that the state has an obligation to preserve the right of navigation on water bodies. 1884 - In People v. Gold Run Ditch and Mining Co, (66 Cal. 138), California Supreme Court expands Public Trust doctrine by upholding an injunction that prevented placer mining along the north fork of the American River because mining had raised the river bed, impaired water quality, and impeded navigation, 1902 - Reclamation Act passed by Congress, encouraging flood-control projects on major rivers to provide irrigation water for agricul- ture, flood protection, and hydroelectric power, 1933 - California Legislature enacts California Central Valley Project Act, taken over in 1937 by the federal government to become the CVP. 1960 - California voters authorize construction of State Water Project. 1968 - National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act passed, 1969 - California enacts Porter-Cologne Water Quality Act investing State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) with full authority to set water-quality objectives and issue dis- charge permits, 1972 - Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments (Clean Water Act) enacted, establishing national water quality standards, 1973 - Federal Endangered Species Act enacted, 1983 - Landmark Mono Lake decision (National Audubon Society v. Superior Court, 33 Cal.3d 419) applies Public Trust doctrine to non- navigable tributaries of Mono Lake, holding that Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's (LADWP) right to divert water must be balanced against public trust values of Mono Lake and its tributaries. California Endangered Species Act enacted, 1986 - Racanelli Decision (named for California Appellate Court Justice John Racanelli) issued (U.S, v. State Water Resources Control Board, 182 Cal.3d 82) holding that water rights should not be considered in setting water quality standards for the Delta, 1989 - Fish are declared a public trust resource under Fish & Game Code Section 5937 (California Trout v, State Water Resources Control Board, 207 Cal.App, 3d 585), 1992 - Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) enacted providing for greater environmental restoration. 1992 - California Appellate Court holds in Department of Fish and Game v. Anderson- Cottonwood Irrigation District (8 Cal.App.4th 1554) that prohibitions against taking under the California Endangered Species Act apply not only to activities such as hunting and fish- ing, but also to operation of pump diversions that affect endangered fish, In similar case (U.S, v, Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, 788 FSupp 1126), a federal court enjoined the irrigation district from pumping water from a facility during the winter-run salmon's peak downstream migration period because pump- ing screens were inadequate to prevent entrainment of large numbers of fish and the district had failed to apply for an incidental take permit. 1993 - Federal court for the Eastern District of California holds in Natural Resources Defense Council v. Patterson (791 F Supp, 1503) that the federal CVP must comply with Fish & Game Code Section 5937 requiring release of flows for fishery preservation below all dams; affirmed in 1998 by federal appeals court. 1994 - State Board amends water rights licenses of the LADWP, ending the 15-year battle over Mono Lake, LADWP is restricted from diverting water until the lake rises 20 feet. Bay-Delta Accord reached between state and federal agencies, leading to collaborative CALF ED process to develop long-term, consensus solutions to Delta issues. 1996 - California voters approve Proposition 204, a $995 million general obligation water bond, The measure provides $600 million for Bay-Delta restoration projects 1998 - CALFED releases "programmatic" dralt EIS/EIR offering three alternatives tor "fixing" the Delta, 2000 - California voters approve Propositions 12 and 13 to issue about $4 billion in state bonds to fund numerous water and parks improvement projects, including habitat protection, watershed rehabilitation and land acquisition. CALFED releases its action plan for address- ing Delta water issues over 30-year period, 1)