Accelerating Water Resilience through Infrastructure Finance in California
Moderator: Matt Horton, Director, Center for Regional Economics & California Center, Milken Institute/Accelerator for America
Panel: Felicia Marcus, William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University
Katy Yaroslavsky, Chair, Energy & Environment Committee, LA City Council
John Withers, Board of Directors Member, Irvine Ranch Water District
Communities across California are contending with aging water infrastructure while attempts are being made to increase system resiliency. This panel will discuss instruments that exist for providing supplemental, flexible, low-cost credit assistance to public and private borrowers for various types of wastewaters, stormwater, and drinking water projects. Come learn how infrastructure finance can be used to accelerate water resiliency.