William R. Gianelli: The California State Dept. of Water Resources 1967-1973

Interviewee(s):

Gianelli, William R.

Interviewer(s):

Chall, Malca

Title:

William R. Gianelli: The California State Dept. of Water Resources 1967-1973

Abstract:

Role of the California Water Commission, water transfer issues; Burns-Porter Act; State Department of Water Resources, 1967-1973: financing completion of State Water Project, tidelands oil funds, electric power contracts; policy on recreation, the peripheral canal, Dos Rios Dam, San Luis Drain, groundwater management; Central Arizona Project, Western States Water Council; environmentalists, administrative controls in state and federal governments.

Subject area(s):

Natural Resources, Land Use, and the Environment
Politics, Law, and Policy
Community and Identity

Interview date(s):

1985

Copyright year:

1986

Project:

Ronald Reagan Gubernatorial Era

Oskicat record:

b10545635

Transcript:

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Rights:

Gianelli, William R. "William R. Gianelli: The California State Dept. of Water Resources 1967-1973." Interview by Malca Chall in 1985. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1986.