Sierra Club Looks to Build on Special Efforts to Make Water Agencies More Diverse and Progressive
The Sierra Club Helped Make Several Influential Water Agencies More Diverse and Progressive; Now We Need to Prepare to Do Even More
![Three Valleys Municipal Water District Claremont, CA](/sites/angeles.sierraclub.org/files/xxThree%20Valleys%20Final%20.jpg)
Offices of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District in Claremont. The agency supplies water to Claremont, Glendora, Diamond Bar and Pomona. The Sierra Club helped oust two conservative board members in November 2020 election and replace them with more environmentally-oriented board members.
![Danielle Soto](/sites/angeles.sierraclub.org/files/Soto%20Final_0.jpg)
Newly elected Three Valleys water district board member Danielle Soto adds a progressive voice to this formerly conservative East Los Angeles County agency.
![Katie Garcia](/sites/angeles.sierraclub.org/files/Katie%201%20Final_0.jpg)
Katie Garcia, endorsed by the Sierra Club for her Upper District water board seat, stresses the importance of adding more women to water boards that have historically been dominated by conservative men.
Kathye Armitage, now on the Santa Clarita Water Agency board, is a life-long environmentalist who has an MPH in Public Health from UCLA and a Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Natural Resources from Oregon State University. She completed a certificate in Water Systems Technology at College of the Canyons.
John Monsen is an environmental campaign consultant and long-time Angeles Chapter public lands and equity advocate. In recent year, he has been a leader in the effort stop the Cadiz water mining project, what sparked his interest in adding progressives to water boards. John is Co-Chair of the Chapter’s Forest Committee and a member of the Sierra Club California and Angeles Chapter Water Committees and Political Committees. He is a former chair of the SCC Conservation Committee. In recent years he has been a consultant to the National Parks Conservation Association, the Wilderness Society, Nature for All, Pew Charitable Trust and the Sierra Club, among others.
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March 1, 2021 - 6:51pm
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