California Water Policy Seminar Series: Floods

The series is open to the public and available for credit. [Law 499 (Independent Study), ECI 298 (CRN 20370) 1 unit]

Seminar Schedule
Mondays, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
UC Davis School of Law (King Hall)
Room 2302

Date

Topic (click to see video)

Speakers

Jan 23

Overview - Floods in California

Jay Lund – Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis; Director, Center for Watershed Sciences

Jan 30

State Level Overview of Flood Planning and Policy

Gary Bardini – Deputy Director, Integrated Water Management

Feb 1

Local Level Overview of Flood Planning

Timothy Washburn – General Counsil, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA)

Feb 6

Legal Perspectives

Rick Frank – Professor of Environmental Law, UC Davis School of Law
Robin Brewer – Assistant Chief Counsel, Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Feb 13

Federal Perspective 
& the Army Corps

Kathleen Schaefer – Engineer, formerly of National Flood Insurance Program and FEMA Region IX.

Feb 27

Mechanics of Coastal Flooding

Jay Lund – Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis; Director, Center for Watershed Sciences
Madeline Cavalieri – Coastal Program Manager, California Coastal Commission

March 6

The Legal & Policy Implications
of Coastal Flooding

Will Travis – Executive Director, San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commissions (BCDC)

March 13

Ecosystem Connectivity & Flood Mitigation,
Adaptation, Attenuation, and Resilience

Peter Moyle – Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis
Carson Jeffres - Field and lab director, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

UC Davis sponsors: A joint production of the UC Davis School of Law and Center for Watershed Sciences: Professors Richard Frank, Nicholas Pinter, Jay Lund

Class Resources