State Water Resources Control Board Meeting - December 2, 2025

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Opening remarks, roll call and hybrid meeting instructions

Announcement

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Chair Joaquin Esquivel called the meeting to order, identified board members (Nicole Morgan, Sean Maguire, Laurel Firestone), senior staff (Executive Director Eric Oppenheimer, Chief Deputy Karen Mogas, Chief Counsel Michael Laufer), and provided hybrid/webcast and public comment sign-up instructions; announced a brief ceremonial award before public forum.

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The State Water Resources Control Board met in Sacramento on Dec. 2, 2025. The board adopted revisions to water measurement/reporting regulations, approved the 2025 Safe Drinking Water Plan, adopted inflation adjustments to water-rights civil penalties under AB 460, and returned the Cahuilla (Kaweah) Subbasin to DWR jurisdiction; public commenters raised worker safety and small-pond reporting concerns.

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