Water, Money, Taxes, Campaigns, and the Bond: The Resnick Farming Story   By Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla and Various Associates   Articles 1. Farming Water 2. Farming Money 3. Farming Tax Deductions 4. Farming Legislative Support 5. Farming Prop. 1 and Past Water Bonds 6. The Resnick Farming Story   Farming Water   Today we’re going to...Read More

We have some exciting news, the Beehive Design Collective, Restore the Delta & the NO on PROP 1 coalition will be swarming California with a new graphic and tour focused on California water politics in the midst of a massive drought starting tomorrow. We will be introducing a *brand new graphic* about the BDCP tunnels...Read More

“. . .Who lined himself with hope, Eating the air on promise of supply, Flattering himself in project of a power Much smaller than the smallest of his thoughts . . .” ― Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, I, iii Articles Not BDCP neutral The odd case of the Water Commission Drought preparedness – Not...Read More

Calaveras River Fun Run/Walk 5K: Time to get healthy for the Delta! DATE & TIME: Saturday, November 8 2014, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, more information on schedule below LOCATION: University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95211 Start & Finish @ The University of the Pacific To buy tickets, click here. A...Read More

“This is the way the world ends; not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.” ― Amanda Hocking, Hollowland Articles BDCP is NOT dead How MWD proposes to make this pencil out How the Water Bond plays into this Wringing more water out of the Delta Reducing flow...Read More

Please join our ally, Food and Water Watch, for a “charming luncheon” outside the home of famous Delta water takers, Steward and Lynda Resnick. The majority of the water taken from the Delta goes to corporate agribusiness on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley–the most powerful being Stewart and Lynda Resnick, who own...Read More

DEBATE ON PROP. 1: KQED-FM “FORUM” PROGRAM – FRIDAY, SEPT. 19, 10:00 – 11:00AM Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, No on Prop. 1, Restore the Delta Vs. Jay Ziegler, Yes on Prop. 1, The Nature Conservancy You can follow the program on social media: @KQEDForum on Twitter, KQED Forum on Facebook and kqed_forum on Instagram. * You can...Read More

In case you missed it… The Modesto Bee September 16, 2014 Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla: Proposition 1 adds a big debt for little new water BY BARBARA BARRIGAN-PARRILLA Tim Quinn, director of the Association of California Water Agencies, recently said, “We’ve got to get the public out of this mindset that ‘If I spend the money, I...Read More

“In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probably conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.” – William Gilbert Articles EPA re BDCP: The short version Worrisome language in the Water Bond “At the...Read More

To learn more about the California water bond, check out a special op-ed published to the The Desert Sun here. Excerpt: “Our leaders should be focused on making California’s water use more efficient, preventing the ongoing depletion of groundwater, and helping cities fix their aging and leaking water and sewer systems. Federal and state agencies...Read More