Joaquin Esquivel

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California State Water Resources Control Board

Chair

expertise:

Food + farming, Groundwater, Health, Indigenous & Tribal water issues + practices, Racial + environmental justice, Utilities + infrastructure, Water access, Water quality, Water rights + policies

pronouns: He/Him

state: CA

LGBTQ: YES

Tribal Affiliation: NO

languages: English

race + ethnicity: Mexican American, Mexican, or Chicana/o/x

Joaquin, a native of the Coachella Valley with family roots in agriculture, is a committed water advocate serving on the California State Water Resources Control Board. With expertise in federal water policy and tribal water issues, he is dedicated to preserving California’s water resources for a sustainable future while creating a new narrative reflecting a more sophisticated understanding of our water systems and grounded in equity and transparency.

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Water rights + policies

Supreme Court scales back clean water protections. What does it mean for California? – Los Angeles Times

As a Supreme Court ruling scales back federal water protections, a top California water regulator says the state will maintain stringent oversight of wetlands. [from

A photo of four people on a stage talking on a panel. They’re all sitting in chairs, looking at each other, and one persons, holding a microphone in front of a blue backdrop.

Utilities + infrastructure

Video: Surplus and Shortage—California’s Water Balancing Act – Public Policy Institute of California

After three years of virtual events, our annual fall conference returned to an in-person format in Sacramento on Friday, November 18. The upshot? Good people,

Water rights + policies

California may reallocate shrinking water supply – CalMatters

With scanty participation in voluntary water reductions, the drought is raising questions about mandatory cuts. [from CalMatters]