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Board Chair Eddie Ocampo Represents Water Blueprint Before The California Water Commission

This week Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley Board Chair Eddie Ocampo spoke before the California Water Commission, ensuring that the voices of the San Joaquin Valley were heard directly by state water decision makers.

01/22/2026

Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley to Host Regional Water Forum at Fresno Farm Bureau

A recording of the Large Group meeting can be found here:

10/16/2025

Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley Takes Bold Steps to Address California's Water Crisis

6/23/2025

Statement by the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley on the Combined Federal and State Efforts to Improve Water Supplies for the San Joaquin Valley

2/5/2025

B.F. Sisk Dam Raise and Reservoir Expansion State Route 152 Modification - Support Letter

1/28/2025

Statement to the SWRCB on Healthy Rivers and Landscapes

1/20/2025

Blueprint and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Sign Historic MOU

5/28/2024

Eddie Ocampo of Self-Help Enterprises Elected as Chair of Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley

3/4/2024

Commentary: Blueprint seeks water reliability for valley farmers

11/8/2023

Reclamation grant supports unified water plan for the San Joaquin Valley

6/23/2023

Member Letter to State Water Resources Control Board re TUCP

3/1/2023

California was just inundated with much-needed water. Too bad we didn’t save much of it | Opinion

1/24/2023

Resilient, Dynamic, and Balanced Approach to Management of California’s Water Resources.

1/19/2023

Congressman David Valadao’s Letter to President Biden and Governor Newsom on California Storms

1/11/2023

Congressman Jim Costa’s Letter on Storm Operations

1/11/2023

Senator Melissa Hurtado’s Letter Requesting to Increase South of the Delta State Water Exports

1/10/2023

Assemblyman Vince Fong’s Letter to Governor Newsom, California Water Infrastructure Investment

1/6/2023

Environmentally Friendly Delta Diversions Can Increase Water to California’s Cities and Farms

12/7/2022

SJV Water Blueprint in Southern California August 23, 2022

8/23/2022

A unified valley is inspiring state climate and drought solutions

6/29/2022

Water coalition sends letter to Governor calling for more investment in drought and flood resilience

4/19/2022

Senator Feinstein introduces bill to ‘Restore San Joaquin Valley Canals, Improve Water Supply’

Red, Green, and Blue – Dan Bacher

5/26/2020

Access to clean water remains a major issue in the COVID-19 pandemic

The Fresno Bee – State Sen. Melissa Hurtado

5/22/2020

SGMA to dry up one-fifth of irrigated SJ Valley farmland

Western FarmPress – Todd Fitchette

3/23/2020

Fate of Delta flows ‘in limbo’ until after election

AgriPulse – Brad Hooker

3/17/2020

Report predicts how water losses will hit SJ Valley

AG Alert – Christine Souza

3/11/2020

Water Supply Restrictions to Have Billion-Dollar Impact

AGNet West – Brian German

3/10/2020

Collaboration is the new game in California water

SJV Water – Lois Henry

3/4/2020

Water Restrictions to mean billions in lost farm revenue

The Business Journal – The Business Journal Staff

3/3/2020

San Joaquin Valley Blueprint

Water Wrights – Don Wright

1/27/2019