Hosted by the Laguna Beach Water District, a Celebration of Life for Susan Trager Announcement is presented below.
Link to the Celebration of Life Announcement Flyer or click on the above image.
A Tribute, Resolution, and Other News
09 Jun 2011 Leave a comment
The following is a transcript of the comments made in the Superior Court of the State of California – for the County of Los Angeles – Department 316 – Hon. Jack Komar presiding. We thank Judge Komar and the attorneys present in the court who acknowledged the passing of one of their colleagues.
March 24, 2011 – In Solemn Memory of Susan Trager
The following is Resolution 2011-5 adopted during the April Board of Directors Meeting of the San Luis Rey Municipal Water District. We thank Vic Pankey, Bill Pankey and Directors Veysey, Fritz, and Yarger for their kind words of appreciation in remembering their District Legal Counsel of 30 years.
Resolution 2011-5 Commemorating the Late Susan Trager
The following is a modified page of the Orange County Water Association April 2011 Newsletter Water Matters.
The following is a modified page of the Association of California Water Agencies April 2011 Newsletter ACWA News.
The following is a modified page of The Little Guild Spring 2011 Newsletter. The Little Guild of West Cornwall, CT is one of Susan’s favorite charities. We thank everyone who made a donation in the name of Susan Trager.
Spring 2011 Newsletter of The Little Guild
The following is a news article commenting on the “brilliant and tenacious water rights attorney Suasn Trager” in the selection of a new General Counsel for the Phelan Pinon Hills Community Services District.
In Memory of Susan M. Trager
30 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
Please scroll below the photo to access links to all published online articles on the passing of Susan. Links will be added if we discover additional tributes and/or news articles.
Susan M. Trager
1947 – 2011
A Message from the Trager Family
Members of the Trager Family wish to extend their sincere appreciation for the outpouring of support and kind words of condolences we have received from the many friends and colleagues of Susan.
Our Family wishes to let everyone know that we are coordinating with the Laguna Beach County Water District in the planning of a Celebration of Life for Susan which will be held at a later date.
We wish to thank you all for your patience at this difficult time for us.
Laurie Trager, Frank Trager, Phil Trager, and Nettie Trager-Fuellenkemper
Private family services will be held in Connecticut.
Susan M. Trager – Obituary (with Guest/Memory Book)
The Orange County Register
Susan M. Trager – Obituary (with Guest/Memory Book)
Los Angeles Times
Water expert was first woman on Laguna Beach water commission
Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot
Property Rights Attorney Trager Dies
CalWatchDog
Water-Rights Attorney Dies
San Bernardino County Sun
Longtime Local Water Attorney and LB Water District Commissioner, Dies
Stu News Laguna
Susan Trager, noted water rights attorney, dies
The Orange County Register
Images, credentials, and notices from the extraordinary life of Susan Trager.
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Supreme Court’s Murky Clean Water Act Ruling Created Legal Quagmire
07 Feb 2011 Leave a comment
in Federal involvement Tags: Clean Water Act, Federal involvement, pollution, U.S. government, U.S. Supreme Court, water
Lawyers rarely agree on anything, but here’s an exception: They all say the Supreme Court bungled Rapanos v. United States, a major wetlands case, almost five years ago.
Attorneys representing all interested parties say lower court judges, regulators, the business community and individual landowners continue to suffer as a result of the confusion sown by the justices whose main job is to provide clarity in the law.
The case concerned the efforts of Michigan landowner John Rapanos to develop a property that, much to his dismay, was designated as a wetland. He hadn’t applied for a permit and was subsequently the target of U.S. EPA civil and criminal enforcement actions.
Rep. Jeff Denham named to the Subcommittee on Water and Power
25 Jan 2011 Leave a comment
in Congress -- bills Tags: California, California water, Central Valley, Congress, Federal involvement, Jeff Denham
Rep. Jeff Denham today expands his influence over the House debate on water issues and his ability to address California’s water crisis by joining the Subcommittee on Water and Power in the House Committee on Natural Resources. With a seat on the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure as well, Rep. Denham now has jurisdiction over many programs including the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Bureau of Reclamation.
The unemployment rates are consistently above the national average in the Central Valley. As a long time farmer in the area, Rep. Denham understands the immediacy of the water crisis and will remain committed to bringing water back to the Central Valley in order for farmers to grow crops and put people back to work.
Don Curlee: Agriculture, urban goals are similar in California
24 Jan 2011 1 Comment
in Use of water Tags: California, California water, Delta, drought, water conservation
The powerful Westlands Water District recently withdrew its support for the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan, action that might light a fire under other water organizations in the state.
The bold action by Westlands indicates that it is no longer willing to put up with unwanted and unmerited federal interference in the conscientious efforts by water interests in California to make the best use of water.
Westlands’ concerns regarding political interference by the Department of the Interior and its creation of further water restrictions without scientific basis are well-justified. Among other questionable activities, this department has been criticized recently by federal and state legislators for holding secret meetings on its planning process and for manipulating science to support its drilling ban in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the loss of 12,000 jobs.
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