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JOHN WATTS

Lobbying for CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY · State government agency

Filing Q2 amendment

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2025

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 21, 2025

Income

$30,000.00

What the client paid this registrant for the period.

Client based in

California

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

JOHN WATTS

Previously held: Staff to Senator Dianne Feinstein (Environmental Counsel, 2003-2008; Legislative Director, 2008-2017; Senior Counselor, 2017-2023); Policy Advisor, Senator Laphonza Butler (November 2023 to January 2024)

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Government bodies contacted 3

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Bills named in this filing 1

S 1413
A bill to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act.

Lobbying activity 2

Budget/Appropriations

Appropriations bills related to California water, including: * House/Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations bills: Bureau of Reclamation storage, water recycling and desalination funding; habitat restoration and hatchery modernization funding: WaterSMART funding; conveyance funding for restoring San Joaquin Valley canals, including the California Aqueduct; Army Corps funding for California projects; Army Corps WIFIA loans; funding for staff * House/Senate Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations bills: Funding for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund; funding for NOAA weather forecasting, particularly for atmospheric rivers

Natural Resources

S. 1413, a bill to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (support) Potential legislation to authorize the Department of the Interior to collect fees from Central Valley Project contractors and to expend the proceeds on the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.