Randall Crane

Randall Crane

Nonpartisan

Municipal Water District of Orange County District 5

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

Predecessor: Sat Tamaribuchi

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of California at Santa Barbara, 1974

Ph.D

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987

Graduate

The Ohio State University, 1979

Personal

Birthplace

Santa Monica, CA

Profession

Economist

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Randall Crane is a member of the Municipal Water District of Orange County in California, representing District 5. He assumed office on December 5, 2022. His current term ends on December 7, 2026.

Crane ran for election to the Municipal Water District of Orange County to represent District 5 in California. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Crane completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Randall Crane was born in Santa Monica, California.He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1974, a graduate degree from Ohio State University in 1979, and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987. His career experience includes working as an economist water consultant, and educator.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2022)

General election

General election for Municipal Water District of Orange County District 5

Randall Crane defeated incumbent Sat Tamaribuchi in the general election for Municipal Water District of Orange County District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Randall Crane (Nonpartisan)	52.4	52,630
	Submit photo	Sat Tamaribuchi (Nonpartisan)	47.6	47,762

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Randall Crane completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Crane's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

A policy scholar, water consultant and UCLA professor, I worked on complex water challenges worldwide. I taught water management to a generation of graduate water students.

Low profile or not, the Municipal Water District is OC's climate change battleground.

MWDOC's one job is to provide half OC's water from the increasingly climate-starved Sierra snowpack and Colorado River. You elect its leaders. To adapt to climate change MWDOC must rapidly pivot to more sustainable planning and action.

We can be grateful for the good track records of most local water governments, enforced by smart environmental laws and excellent staff. But we cannot rely exclusively on the engineering mindset that built our thirsty communities. And while this district's direct customers are the cities and retail water districts of OC, the urgency and critical needs of climate change call for dramatically improved communication with all OC residents, and greater open engagement regarding its strategies for adapting to our worst drought in 1200 years.

Fresh, collaborative, and diverse expertise is key to ensuring a safe, reliable, and sustainable water future.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Urgent need for transparent debate over upstream climate-stressed water import challenges
• Threatened water sources requires smarter downstream conservation & management
• The District's communication with water consumers is poor to nonexistent. (Its posted 3-year water use projections are 6 years old!) Our rapidly changing future calls for smarter, responsive, accountable and more effective water governance

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The efficient, fair and sustainable provision of public services -- via good governance.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

The Pure Theory of Public Expenditure, by Paul Samuelson (1954)

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Integrity, transparency, responsiveness and accountability.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Expertise in water governance and management.

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