Barbara Barrigan-Parilla on KALW’s “A Peripheral Canal for the Delta?” tonight at Monday May 7, 7:00 pm, KALW 91.7 FM San Francisco During the show, call KALW with your questions and comments at (415) 841-4134. You can email your questions in advance, or during the the show at feedback@cityvisionsradio.com, or post a comment at www.kalw.org or visit us on Facebook anytime....Read More
Resources Secretary John Laird announced last week that, as expected, the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) won’t meet its June deadline for producing a draft plan and environmental documents. State and federal fish agencies and environmental groups keep saying that BDCP won’t do what a habitat conservation plan is supposed to do: in this case,...Read More
Among the scientists who have been scrutinizing the BDCP is a panel of Independent Science Advisors reporting to the Delta Stewardship Council. This panel met over two days last week on whether BDCP is meeting the best available science standard in analyzing the effects of the planned project on species. The half-dozen scientists on the...Read More
The Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) met week before last, completing their business in one day instead of two and with all commissioners and staff present (although some commissioners stepped out for significant periods). Discussion items included the normal legislative update; continued science program funding; and an update on the Little Hoover Commission’s consideration of the...Read More
The Delta Protection Commission and the Water Education Foundation co-sponsored a Delta Levee Standards Conference in Sacramento last week – coincidentally, just when the Department of Water Resources (DRW) is proposing to adopt a weak standard as a baseline for future state investments in Delta levees. Central Delta Water Agency attorney Dante Nomellini provided background...Read More
Resources Deputy Secretary Jerry Meral said that the state has, in the past, had a plan to protect Delta levees (although the “plan” seems to have been somewhat piecemeal). This “plan” was supported by annual general fund appropriations, but support will have to come from bonds in the future. Meral said that the BDCP would...Read More
