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The City's Information Technology Department employs a multi -level cyber protection strategy that
<br />includes firewalls, anti -virus software, anti-spam/malware software, intrusion protection, intrusion detection,
<br />identity management, lateral movement detection, log monitoring, and other security measures. The City contracts
<br />with third -party vendors to perform external audits of its network and to perform similar internal audits. The City
<br />has also established a security operations center with third -party vendors to monitor and augment internal and
<br />external monitoring of the City's computer systems 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The City conducts
<br />cybersecurity training for all staff and regularly simulates phishing campaigns. Email is inspected inbound and
<br />outbound by a cloud email filtering service, and measures are in place to protect against spoofing internal
<br />addresses. The City also employs domain name system filtering and endpoint protection on its servers and
<br />desktops to catch and prevent cyberattacks. The City practices the principle of lease privilege across all of its
<br />systems. It maintains regular, redundant, online and offline backups to minimize damage and to allow for quick
<br />recovery in the event of an attack. The City also practices ongoing training, education, and actively monitors
<br />security bulletins for all emerging threats and vulnerabilities enabling it to adapt and continually evolve its digital
<br />defenses.
<br />To date, the City has not experienced a successful attack against its networks or its servers. However,
<br />there can be no assurance that a future attack or attempted attack would not result in disruption of City operations.
<br />The City expects that any such disruptions would be temporary in nature due to its backup/restore procedures,
<br />utilization of third -party incident response teams and disaster recovery planning.
<br />Drought Measures
<br />State Orders. California is subject to droughts, and over the past several decades the State faced water
<br />shortfalls and reduced snowpack. On January 17, 2014, the California Governor declared a drought state of
<br />emergency (the "State Declaration") with immediate effect which included orders that encouraged local urban
<br />water supplies to (a) implement their local water shortage contingency plans; (b) update their urban water
<br />management plans to prepare for extended drought conditions; (c) directed the California Department of Water
<br />Resources ("DWR") and the State Water Resources Control Board (the "SWRCB") to expedite the processing of
<br />water transfers; (d) directed the SWRCB to put water rights holders on notice that they may be required to cease
<br />or reduce water diversions in the future; (e) directed the SWRCB to consider modifying requirements for reservoir
<br />releases or diversion limitations; and (f) directed the DWR to take necessary actions to protect water quality and
<br />supply in the Sacramento -San Joaquin River Delta/San Francisco Bay Estuary.
<br />Subsequently, the SWRCB periodically adopted additional emergency regulations which, amongst other
<br />things, limited outdoor irrigation to two days per week, extending certain measures previously set for restricting
<br />outdoor irrigation and prohibited restaurants from serving water to customers unless requested.
<br />On April 1, 2015, the California Governor issued an executive order (the "2015 Executive Order")
<br />extending the measures set forth in the State Declaration and adopting additional orders to (i) restrict potable urban
<br />water usage; (ii) requiring urban water suppliers to provide monthly water usage, conservation and enforcement
<br />information; (iii) requiring service providers to monitor groundwater basin levels in accordance with California
<br />Water Code § 10933; and (iv) permitting agencies are required to prioritize approval of water infrastructure and
<br />supply projects.
<br />On April 7, 2017, the California Governor issued an executive order (the "2017 Executive Order") which
<br />terminates the January 17, 2014 executive order discussed above (except with respect to certain counties within
<br />the State) and rescinds the 2015 Executive Order. The 2017 Executive Order continues to require the SWRCB to
<br />develop standards for urban water suppliers to set water use efficiency targets and restrict wasteful water use, as
<br />provided in the 2015 Executive Order.
<br />On April 21, 2021, the California Governor declared a drought state of emergency in 41 of the State's 58
<br />counties, primarily in the northern portion of the State and in the Central Valley, which was expanded on May 10,
<br />2021 and July 8, 2021, and was expanded to include all counties in the State on October 19, 2021, and called for
<br />Californians to voluntarily reduce water use by 15%. Additionally, he issued Executive Orders N-10-21, N-7-22
<br />(March 28, 2022), N-3-23 (February 13, 2023), and N-4-23 (March 10, 2023). Due to "atmospheric rivers" of
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