Ombudspersons

Govt. Code Section 11148 requires that each agency that significantly regulates small business designate at least one individual to serve as the small business liaison with the role and responsibility of ombudsperson. For more information, please contact our State/Regional Board Ombudspersons:

Board Ombudsperson Contact Information
State Water Resources Control Board Michael Ben Ortiz 1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95812
opp-contact@waterboards.ca.gov
(916) 341-5925
North Coast Regional Board (R1) Claudia Villacorta 5550 Skylane Blvd., Suite A
Santa Rosa, CA 95403-1072
NorthCoast@waterboards.ca.gov
(707) 576-2069
San Francisco Bay Regional Board (R2) Eileen White 1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400
Oakland, CA 94612
Thomas.Mumley@waterboards.ca.gov
+1 (510) 622-2395
Central Coast Regional Board (R3) Thea Tryon 895 Aerovista Place, Suite 101
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-7906
Thea.Tryon@waterboards.ca.gov
(805) 542-4776
Los Angeles Regional Board (R4) Hugh Marley 320 W. 4th Street, Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Hugh.Marley@waterboards.ca.gov
(213) 576-6607
Central Valley Regional Board (R5) Kelli Garver 11020 Sun Center Drive, Suite 200
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Kelli.Garver@waterboards.ca.gov
(916) 464-4602
Lahontan Regional Board (R6) Ben Letton 2501 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Ben.Letton@waterboards.ca.gov
(530) 721-0605
Colorado River Basin Regional Board (R7) Cassandra Owens 73-720 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 100
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Cassandra.Owens@waterboards.ca.gov
(760) 346-2612
Santa Ana Regional Board (R8) Eric Lindberg 3737 Main Street, Suite 500
Riverside, CA 92501-3339
Eric.Lindberg@waterboards.ca.gov
(951) 782-3219
San Diego Regional Board (R9) Kelly Dorsey 2375 Northside Drive, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92108
rb9-ombudsperson@warerboards.ca.gov
(619) 521-3006