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002000 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL December 20, 1964 HONORABLE JESHE M, lJNRTIE, Speaker of the Asse.,nbly Members of the Assembly State Capitol Sacramento 14, California Gentlemen: Pursuant to ACR 1 and HR 10 of the First Extraordinary Session of 1963, the Assembly Interim Committee on Water herewith submits its final report on "Arizona v. California and Pacific Southwest Water Problems. ' , Under the same authorization this committee published a report, The Pacific Smtthwest Water Plan, Volume 26, No. .8, November 8, 1963. This first report was limited specifically to our comments on the initial Pacific Southwest Water Plan proposed by Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall. It was issued last year because the plan was "so important that it was incumbent upon this committee to make its views known and formulate appropriate comments on the policy considerations involved." The committee's comments were forwarded to the secretary by the Governor together with California's Official State Comments. During 1964 additional proposals for Pacific Southwest water plan- ning were made, several of which were introduced in Congress as proj- ect authorization bills. None, however, were enacted into law. During this period the committee held three days of public hearings and con- ducted staff study and research, and held two executive sessions. The concern of the State Senate in these plans was demonstrated when its Factfinding Committee on Water Resources scheduled a two-day joint hearing with the Assembly committee. The report submitted herewith consists of a comprehensive summary of the decision in Arizona v. California and the basic Pacific South- west water problems faced by California and other states of the West today. The committee has selected several major policy areas which have proved to be the most important to California and concerning which there is substantial disagreement in California and the Congress. The committee has endeavored to present its views on the most de- sirable policies for California to pursue in supporting a program of regional planning for the Pacific Southwest. The committee has felt compelled to present its views because of the adverse conditions confronting California, that is, its representatives have negotiated a compromise with Arizona which has no support in California among the water interests involved. As a result of modifica- tion of this compromise by the U. S. Senate, California has withdrawn (3)