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Top California negotiator on federal proposal to manage Colorado River water

NPR | By Danielle Kurtzleben ,
Henry Larson, Michael Levitt
Published August 22, 2026 at 5:21 PM EDT

Western states have long disputed how to split the Colorado River's water. JB Hamby, California's top negotiator, weighs in on the new federal proposal to manage the resource.

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Danielle Kurtzleben is a White House correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk. She appears regularly on the NPR Politics Podcast and other NPR shows. 
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