The text of the California Performance Review has been released.
The website is http://cpr.ca.gov
This section speaks to the consolidation of the RWQCBoard and EPA
http://www.report.cpr.ca.gov/cprrpt/issrec/res/res06.htm

Two links to info of digitized hydro maps:
http://www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/features/calwater/calnwbd.html
http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc.html
http://nationalatlas.gov/hucsm.html