An Open Letter Urging an Equitable and Representative Voting Structure for the proposed Cuyama Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency

Land owner in Cottonwood Canyon. Cuyama Valley

Stop corporate greed, please. Be good humans.

Cannot let the largest historical abusers of groundwater regulate future groundwater use - there will be no more groundwater.

Landowner and resident of Cottonwood Canyon, Cuyama Valley

Landowner and resident of Cottonwood Canyon, Cuyama Valley

Resident and land owner, Cottonwood Canyon, New Cuyama Santa Barbara Co. & San Luis Obispo County

Land owner in Cottonwood Canyon, Cuyama Valley, CA. and resident in San Luis Obispo. CA.

It is imperative that residents of New Cuyama have representation in GSA via the Cuyama Community Services District (CCSD).

The GSA needs to protect the Cuyama Valley's water resources and the valley's long-term future on all levels, and it needs to represent equitably all water users. I support one vote per entity in the Cuyama Valley GSA. The large agricultural interests of the eastern Cuyama Valley that are represented by the Cuyama Water District should not be given the power to control the GSA with a disproportionately large voting block. Landowner, Cottonwood Canyon area, western Cuyama Valley, Santa Barbara County; resident of San Luis Obispo County.

Water is our most precious resource. The Cuyama Valley is dependent on conservation of its groundwater.

It is critical to equitable water use and honest approach to sustainability for ALL stakeholders to be adequately represented in any GSA outcomes.

Each entity of the Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) should have one vote. The Cuyama Water District (Big Agriculture) should not have more votes (5 versus one each) than the other participants, especially since they are focused only on their commercial interests in the eastern side of the Cuyama Valley. The proposed lopsided representation will not reflect the differing needs, and will not protect the interests of the western portion of the Cuyama Valley (e.g. Cottonwood Canyon).

I want an equitable voting structure for the GSA in the Cuyama Valley. All voices need to be heard. I am resident of Santa Barbara County.

I want an equitable voting structure for the GSA in the Cuyama Valley. All voices need to be heard. I am resident of Highway 166, West Cuyama Valley, Santa Barbara County.

Looks like there's a problem with the zip code translator. I don't live in Chula Vista.

In order to bring our critically over drafted Cuyama Valley groundwater basin into sustainable usage, the voting membership of the GSA will be balancing ecological and quality of life issues over economic profit for an indefinite amount of time. I believe there will be a conflict of interests for the newly formed Cuyama Water District to have a majority vote on the GSA and I'm surprised and concerned that they proposed having 5 votes on the GSA. I live and work in the Ventura County portion (south of Ventucopa) of the Cuyama Valley.

I want an equitable voting structure for the GSA in the Cuyama Valley. All voices need to be heard. I am resident of Cottonwood Canyon, Cuyama Valley, Santa Barbara County.

Strongly support equitable voting structure. Resident and landowner Cottonwood Canyon, Cuyama Valley, Santa Barbara County