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Legislation Affairs Office

Mission Statement

The mission of the Legislative Affairs Office is to provide the Administration with legislative approaches for managing the water resources of California in cooperation with other agencies, and to provide expert advice to the Administration on policy, program and fiscal implications on water and energy-related legislation.

The full version of chaptered bills and in-depth legislative analyses are available on the Legislative Counsel's Bill Information web page.

Contact Information

Kasey D. Schimke, Assistant Director for Legislation
Legislative Affairs
Department of Water Resources
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 653-0488
(916) 653-0267 (fax)

Karen Buckner, Executive Assistant
Legislative Affairs
Department of Water Resources
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 653-0488
(916) 653-0267 (fax)
kbuckner@water.ca.gov