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From CERES, California Natural Resources Department database. Do you know what your watershed is? What entity--public or private?--owns your water? If you live in California and don't know the answers, you need to enlighten yourself so you can act in your own best interests and hopefully those of your community. If you really care, get a seat on the advisory committee. In every county, there are advisory committees for everything from aviation to women's issues; there's always openings somewhere. Serving on an advisory committee is a low-stress but important way to get involved in your community, meet like-minded people and start learning how politics works in your county just by focusing your interest in one specific issue. A great first-step for anyone who thinks they'd like to get into politics...or for people like me who are sick to death of politics but have to do something about something...

"ASSESSING THE CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES * What is the present level of services in the community? * What is the current distribution of services in the community (to social groups or to neighborhoods)? * What are the anticipated needs and accessibility to services of the future population? * Are there organizational or coordination problems currently being encountered by service organizations or agencies? * May such problems be encountered in future service delivery? If so, what are they? * What are the implications of future service and facility requirements and revenue sources on tax levels, net fiscal balance and service quality?"

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