Month

April 2012
A couple of weeks ago, we looked at Buttonwillow Land and Cattle, one of the growers using water from Kern County’s Semitropic Water Storage District.  This district was created to receive State Water Project water, improve water supply reliability for a fairly arid region, make water cheaper for big growers, and fix an overdrafted groundwater...
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Turning our attention from Semitropic, let’s look at another farming operation that receives Delta water:  Woolf Farming and Processing, a member of the Westlands Water District.  A very nice website reports that this family-owned business is “committed to sustainably farming each crop to ensure the highest quality product while conserving our precious natural resources.”  It...
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At last week’s California Water Commission meeting, Jerry Meral gave a rosy update on BDCP, including how it will be financed.  (Handouts from BDCP and BDCP EIR on finance here)  Interestingly, Meral claimed that the BDCP could still go forward without the Water Bond even though the draft Implementation Costs and Funding Sources chapter of...
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Governor Brown’s administration has proposed a government reorganization that would include making the Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) part of the Department of Water Resources (DWR) rather than an independent entity.  This week the Little Hoover Commission (an independent state oversight agency that investigates government operations) considered the reorganization plan and heard testimony on its effect...
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H.R. 1837 may reappear in an omnibus energy/land use bill being introduced by Senator Orin Hatch (R-Utah).  The omnibus bill will include several bills that have passed the House over the last year but have stalled in the Senate due to Democratic opposition. Also in Washington D.C., the Senate appropriations committee is set to approve...
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Yesterday, in the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee hearing, Delta Coalition sponsored AB 2421, passed with a 10 to 2 vote. This bill calls for a full cost benefit analysis of the proposed canal/tunnel that constitutes the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Assemblymember Bill Berryhill, the author of AB 2421, and his staff deserve a...
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Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District Zone 7 Association of California Water Agencies Calleguas Municipal Water District California Chamber of Commerce Castaic Lake Water Agency Coachella Valley Water District Desert Water Agency East Valley Water District Eastern Municipal Water District Friant Water Authority Inland Empire Utilities Agency Irvine Ranch Water District Kern County...
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For Immediate Release:  Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Contact:  Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546  steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla barbara@restorethedelta.org; 209/479-2053; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Sacramento, CA – Consumer and environmental advocates today succeeded in winning Assembly Water, Parks & Wildlife Comm. approval for an independent cost-benefit analysis before committing the public to pay tens of billions of dollars to...
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For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Contact: Steve Hopcraft (916) 457-5546 steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla barbara@restorethedelta.org; (209) 479-2053; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Sacramento, CA – Consumer and environmental advocates today called for an independent cost-benefit analysis before committing the public to pay tens of billions of dollars to build a Peripheral Canal or Tunnel to...
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Media Advisory for: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Contact: Steve Hopcraft (916) 457-5546 steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla barbara@restorethedelta.org; (209) 479-2053; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Consumer, Environmental Advocates to Call for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Peripheral Canal/Tunnel: How Much Would Water Rates Rise? Who Benefits? Three Delta-related bills will be heard at the beginning of the Assembly Water, Parks...
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