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Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA)
Managing one of the largest watersheds in Southern California, the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) oversees watershed management, water quality and management programs along the Santa Ana River, running through Orange and Riverside Counties.
Working with SAWPA’s publicly-elected Board of Directors and executive staff, Curt Pringle and Associates helped the agency receive $250 million in state funds to invest in their integrated watershed plan, the most money a Southern California County has ever received through a state water bond.
Our team coordinated with state legislators, their staff and executive branch agencies to earmark SAWPA programs in AB 1584 (the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Projection and Flood Protection Act). This measure placed Proposition 13 on the March 2000 ballot.
In addition to our advocacy and government relations work, Curt Pringle and Associates developed a community relations and stakeholder communications program to deliver SAWPA’s watershed management message directly to the community and help build broad public support for their water quality projects.