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With Water Year 2006-2007 one of the driest in California history, with the Colorado River Basin experiencing drought seven out of the last eight years, and with potentially stringent new restrictions on pumping water through the Delta, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, (Reclamation), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), and California Urban Water Conservation Council (Council) joined forces to sponsor 11 drought workshops and update the Urban Drought Guidebook. This paper summarizes project activities, results, and recommended future actions. The paper focuses on how water managers are responding through demand management to variability in the hydrologic cycle, particularly drought, focusing on recent conditions in California. Includes table.