On September 28, 1994, the California State Water Resources Control Board voted unanimously to approve Decision 1631, amending the water licenses of the City of Los Angeles in order “to establish fishery protection flows in streams tributary to Mono Lake and to protect Public Trust resources at Mono Lake and in the Mono Lake Basin.” … Board member Marc Del Piero pronounced: “Today we saved Mono Lake.” Remarkably, not one of the parties that participated in the hearing process that led to D1631 appealed the decision—most notably, not even the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP). D1631 provided water for the lake and streams. At the same time the Mono Lake Committee had helped to secure water solutions for Los Angeles that included conservation programs and millions of dollars in state and federal funding to develop local supplies. A decades-long water battle had ended with all parties agreeing to stop fighting and move forward to implement the solution.