California Latino Water Coalition

The California Latino Water Coalition (CLWC) describes itself as "a statewide coalition of influential Latino leaders that supports development of San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta environmental, conveyance and sustainability solutions along with additional water resources in California. With actor-comedian Paul Rodriguez as chairperson, the organization's goal is to demonstrate the need for a comprehensive statewide water infrastructure plan, a program that includes groundwater and surface water storage capabilities, conservation and water resources stewardship, water recycling and desalinization."

Personnel
From the CLWC website:
 * Paul Rodriguez, Chair
 * Mayor Victor Lopez, Co-Chair, Central Valley, City of Orange Cove
 * Ruben Guerra, Co-Chair, Southern California, Latin Business Association
 * Tony Estremera, Co-Chair, Director, Santa Clara Valley Water District

Contact information and Burson-Marsteller connections
Website: gotwater.org

Patrick George, cell phone number 310-487-3001, is listed as the CLWC contact on the group's press releases. George is a director of Burson-Marsteller's media practice, working out of the public relations firm's Sacramento, California office. The same phone number, along with Patrick George's name and sometimes his Burson-Marsteller email address (patrick.george AT bm.com), is listed on press releases for Accenture, the newsletter of the California Cotton Ginners and Growers Associations , and announcements for the Friant Water Users Authority.

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Burson-Marsteller

External articles

 * Lloyd G. Carter, "The PR Firm from Hell," as published in the Fresno Community Alliance newspaper, June 30, 2009.
 * Dan Bacher, "Westlands Hoards Surplus Water While Farmworkers Suffer: CSPA demands investigation into water hoarding by Westlands and others," IndyBay.org, August 19, 2009.