today we have a very distinguished panel and to lead that off is our moderator ja rod, and he represents the area north of san francisco and in his first term he's chairing the environmental safety and toxic materials jurisdiction committee. it has jurisdiction of airport pollution making him the key legislature in over seeing california new global warming law assembly bill 32. mr.,huf fman, serves on the water parks and wild life committee and in that roll will present any water challenges confronting the state this year in that very capacity. prior to this election in the california capacity he served as senior attorney as the national environmental defense county and was a member of the,m oren municipal water protection district for years. he was instrumental in negotiating the, san jaquin, refr river. we think this will be one of biggest restorations in our nation. please welcome me in welcoming. ja rad. >> welcome susan and welcome to all of you. the first or worst fear of any water manager is running out of water. i lerned that in my four years at,m oren, county the water district