LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl Announces Stormwater Fee Framework At VX2017

At VerdeXchange 2017, Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl announced her plans to introduce a motion to develop a countywide funding measure for stormwater capture and management. In a powerful regional stormwater collaboration VX2017 panel, which also included Felicia Marcus, Chair of the California State Water Resources Control Board; Robert Garcia, Mayor of Long Beach; Jeff Kightlinger, GM of Metropolitan Water District; and Matt Petersen, Chief Sustainability Officer for City of Los Angeles, Sup. Kuehl announced her intension to fund pertinent regional water infrastructure through a parcel fee on property owners. TPR presents an excerpt of the panel.