LOIS HENRY: Water Moves: Bakersfield Water Chief to Retire and Private Water Company Gets New Leader

LOIS HENRY: Water moves: Bakersfield water chief to retire and private water company gets new leader

Two key leadership positions in Kern County and San Joaquin Valley water circles are in the process of changing.

Water moves: Bakersfield water chief to retire and private water company gets new leader

Two key leadership positions in Kern County and San Joaquin Valley water circles are in the process of changing. Kristina Budak, director of Bakersfield’s Water Resources Department, recently announced plans to retire in May, a little less than three years after she took the helm. And longtime water attorney Joe Hughes has been named Chief Executive Officer of Homer LLC, the land and water division of Los Angeles-based Renewable Resources Group …