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Water For Santa Cruz County: Nonprofit Advocacy And Public Policy, Matthew Alexander Orbach
Water For Santa Cruz County: Nonprofit Advocacy And Public Policy, Matthew Alexander Orbach
Master's Theses
This professional Masters project involved turning the Sustainable Water Coalition (SWC), an unincorporated group of Santa Cruz residents advocating the work of the two local water agencies, into a California Nonprofit Corporation and an IRS recognized 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. This paper examines the biophysical, human, and institutional systems surrounding water use in Santa Cruz County, California, and the roles that a nonprofit advocacy organization can play within that framework. These roles are illustrated through an exploration of citizen involvement and advocacy in the comparative cases of the scwd2 Desalination Program in Santa Cruz, California, and a proposed wastewater …