Portfolio / Engage
City and County of San Luis Obispo, CA
EXPERTISE
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Stakeholder mapping
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Stakeholder engagement strategy and plan
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Stakeholder insights research
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In person and virtual public workshop experience design and facilitation
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Presentation design
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Strategic communications
DELIVERABLES
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Stakeholder engagement plan
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Workshop summaries and stakeholder insight reports
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Public presentation slides and graphics
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Project messaging framework
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Outreach collateral and newsletter
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Project website
Setting a new bar for CA groundwater management
In 2019, the City and County of San Luis Obispo, CA, launched a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for its high-priority basin under California’s new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. The policy required broad stakeholder engagement—spanning all beneficial uses and users of water—to shape the plan.
Leading the two-year process, Tiffany Meyer collaborated with technical and municipal teams to deliver one of the state’s most successful, stakeholder-approved, and SMGA-compliant GSPs. Central to this success was Meyer’s approach—serving as a technical translator to ensure the narrative was accessible to all water users and designing engaging stakeholder workshops that curated
diverse perspectives while setting a shared vision and guiding principles for “sustainable” groundwater management.
Meyer’s strategy included an integrated public information campaign spanning digital and print content, in-person and virtual presentations, and regional op-eds. Content leveraged infographics and clear narratives to make complex data accessible, along with digestible reporting of each engagement phase, ensuring insights were actionable for planners and policymakers alike.
Tiffany was a master at translating our science into terms every water user could understand. Her workshops blew the City’s typical approach out of the water (pun intended) — growing engagement from a handful to hundreds of attendees with space for everyone to engage.
PROJECT LEAD HYDROGEOLOGIST
