STATE WATER BOARD

Chair Hoppin Will Retire

State Water Board, Charles Hoppin

Charles Hoppin of Yuba City has announced plans to retire this spring as State Water Resources Control Board Chairman.
Hoppin has served on the board since 2006.
He is a partner in a family farming operation in Yolo and Sutter counties that grows melons, rice, walnuts, and a variety of small grains and oil seed.
Hoppin also serves on the California State University Advisory Committee. He was an advisor to former Governor Pete Wilson during the 1997 California Flood Recovery Effort and a director of the Sutter Mutual Water Company
Hoppin also served on the State Board of Food and Agriculture and is immediate past chairman of the California Rice Industry Association.