The Hanford Sentinel reports that Kings County agriculture had a record-setting year in 2011. The annual crop report showed an agricultural output of $2.2 billion, considerably higher than the previous record of $1.76 billion set in 2007, before the recent drought. One crop that saw a major rebound was cotton, which jumped from $244 million...Read More
This week, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) had a meeting to introduce its new publication, “Water and the California Economy.” This publication was funded (as the PPIC’s other water-related think-tank efforts have been) by the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, which has an ongoing interest in the kinds of analysis that make Delta...Read More
Also this week, the Delta Vision Foundation presented its 2012 Report Card assessing progress on implementation of the Delta Vision Strategic Plan, assigning letter grades in seven categories which it analyzes. Only in “Governance” was a B grade assigned, and that decreased to B- from the previous year’s B+. Four of the categories received lower...Read More
SB 250, Senator Mark Rubio’s bill calling for the completion of the BDCP process by 2013, and construction of the canal by 2025, has been moved up for hearing in the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee to June 12, 2012. Please send a letter today to Committee Chair, Jared Huffman, explaining why rushing this...Read More
Voters will kill a peripheral canal Bill Jennings Thursday, June 7, 2012 San Francisco Chronicle, click here to read at SFGate.com. We share The Chronicle’s view that a peripheral canal is a bad idea, but we disagree that its construction is inevitable. Gov. Jerry Brown and federal officials might be attempting to persuade the public...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546 steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… San Francisco Chronicle: California Peripheral canal coming soon Published Sunday, June 3, 2012. Click here to read online. While the future of a proposed high-speed railroad to move people in California...Read More
The latest shenanigans By now, we all know that Governor Brown will soon announce a plan to build a tunnel under the Delta and worry about habitat later. The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), on which $250 million has already been spent, is trailing along behind, with the document itself and an environmental impact report...Read More
For Immediate Release: Friday, May 25, 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 Call for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Peripheral Canal/Tunnel Despite AB 2421 Defeat How Much Would Water Rates Rise? Who Benefits? Sacramento, CA – Consumer and environmental advocates responded to the failure of the...Read More
For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 24, 2012 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.comTwitter: @shopcraft Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; @RestoretheDelta BUILD IT, THEN SEE IF IT WORKS – HUH? Gov. Brown Plans to Ram Peripheral Canal through, Ignore Science in Most Expensive Public Works Project Would be Salmon Death Knell, Cost Consumers Billions in Water Rate Hikes...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546 steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… California Progress Report Metropolitan Water District Will Send You the Multi-Billion Dollar Bill By Conner Everts, Southern California Watershed Alliance, and Adam Scow, Food & Water Watch Published on 21...Read More
