Rob Davis, on voiceofsandiego.org, writes about the conflict over water rates between Metropolitan Water District and the San Diego County Water Authority, one of MWD’s member agencies. San Diego, you may recall, is balking at helping to pay for conveying Delta water to Southern California. It seems that MWD has formed a working group and...Read More
Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Chair Fran Pavley is holding hearings on the progress of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan. She held one on March 13 and invited as panelists mainly representative of groups that have been involved in these processes from the beginning. But during...Read More
Twenty-six people were able to make public comments, with Pavley giving speakers 3 minutes each until the allotted hour drew to a close. Only four of them spoke in support of the planning efforts under discussion. The rest – elected officials, business people, farmers, fishing interests, and other concerned citizens – gave Pavley’s committee a...Read More
Stockton mayor Ann Johnston told Pavley’s committee that the Delta Stewardship Council is “the Coastal Commission on steroids.” In his comments later, Isenberg disagreed, saying that the Coastal Commission has direct permitting authority, whereas the Stewardship Council does not. They’re both right. What the Stewardship Council can do is to use its appellate authority to...Read More
On his blog, UOP economist Dr. Jeffrey Michael has noted that a peripheral canal or tunnel could actually increase drought risk. Here’s why: A peripheral canal or tunnel will increase the cost of water for farmers like those on the west side. These farmers have already planted more lucrative permanent crops like almonds despite the...Read More
Dear Delta Supporters, Restore the Delta is pleased to announce that 94 groups, businesses, and government agencies and 213 individuals have signed on to our thank you letters to Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Barbara Boxer for their opposition to HR 1837. Your unity in opposing this legislation sends an important message from the Delta...Read More
Dear Friends, Restore the Delta would like to thank our supporters, the members of the Delta Coalition, members of LAND, the fishing community, and our friends in Discovery Bay for turning out for today’s legislative hearing. About 100 people who care about the Delta came out to make sure their objections to the BDCP and...Read More
Last week, Local Agencies of the North Delta (LAND), a coalition of eleven North Delta Reclamation and Water Districts, and farming, community and environmental groups, released a joint letter to Deputy Resources Secretary Dr. Jerry Meral identifying how the proposed Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) conveyance project would harm Delta wildlife, communities and farming. This...Read More
On Saturday, March 3, Jerry Meral dropped by Stockton for a community forum at the Civic Auditorium. He led the 200 or so attendees in singing Happy Birthday to forum facilitator and Stockton city council member Susan Eggman; told the group that BDCP will reduce the amount of San Joaquin County land it wants to...Read More
