Davis Appoints Two Members to Water Board
Gov. Gray Davis has appointed two new members to the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, creating a quorum for the first time since last autumn.
Although the delay hasn’t stalled any development or environmental projects so far, the appointments announced Tuesday came after the board canceled its meeting this Friday for lack of a quorum.
The state Water Resources Control Board and its nine regional panels were created in 1967 by the Legislature to oversee the state’s waters while allowing beneficial uses. Each regional group, which has nine seats, needs at least five members to be able to meet. The Santa Ana and San Diego regional boards share jurisdiction of Orange County.
Davis appointed Jose Solorio, a Santa Ana resident who works for the Orange County Transportation Authority; and former Redlands Mayor Carol Beswick, a business owner and member of the San Bernardino County Flood Control Advisory Committee.
They bring the number of the Santa Ana board members to five. It was one of six regional boards that lacked a quorum until Davis began making 17 appointments in recent weeks.
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