In Case You Missed It Recent California Water News 1/28/2019 Water district weighs raising taxes or raising water bills – Mountain View Voice 1/24/19 “The water district is looking for more money to pay for its share of the controversial California WaterFix, a $16.7 billion state project that would build two 40-foot-wide tunnels from Sacramento...Read More
In Case You Missed It: State Water Board Member Shares Pro-Tunnels Bias in Water Deeply Story Today, Water Deeply published a story titled, “Massive California Water Tunnel Project Forges Ahead on Several Fronts.” One of those fronts forging ahead is led by a subgroup of the State Water Resources Control Board, responsible for the evidentiary...Read More
ICYMI: 9/28/18 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org In Case You Missed It: Dr. Jeff Michael: “New WaterFix Economic Analysis Is Even Worse” Than Originally Thought In his ValleyEcon Blog, Dr. Jeff Michael, Executive Director of the Center for Business and Policy Research at the University of the Pacific, explains that that the...Read More
With all eyes and ears in California water fixated on the State Water Resources Control Board’s proposed updates to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Bay-Delta, Delta stakeholders from all sides have offered their opinions on how to manage San Joaquin River inflow in recent weeks. Fish biologist Dr. Peter Moyle shares five articles...Read More
Today, Brentwood Press reporter Tony Kukulich broke news that Senator Harris has taken a public position against Congressman Calvert’s rider that seeks to exempt CA WaterFix from further judicial review. Kukulich reports, “In an email to The Press on Tuesday, June 12, Tyrone Gayle, press secretary for Harris said, ‘Senator Harris is opposed to any...Read More
ICYMI: June 8, 2018 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, Barbara@restorethedelta.org Yesterday, Voice of San Diego reporter Ry Rivard broke news that the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) will revote on the Delta tunnels proposal this July in response to allegations made by Food and Water Watch California and the First...Read More
Tweets from Santa Clara Valley Water District Special Meeting on CA WaterFix 5/2/18 can be viewed here. Tweets from Santa Clara Valley Water District Special Meeting on CA WaterFix (Vote) 5/8/18 can be viewed here. Tweets from the Assembly Committees on Accountability & Administrative Review and Water, Parks, and Wildlife joint hearing on CA WaterFix...Read More
ICYMI: 5/7/28 Contact: Nora Kovaleski, 408-806-6470, nora@kovaleskipr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org In Case You Missed It: Anti-Tunnels Coalition Sends Letter to Karla Nemeth; San Diego Water Authority Letter Details MWD’s Fiduciary Inconsistencies Pursuing CA WaterFix A coalition of environmental organizations sent a letter today to Department of Water Resources (DWR)...Read More
On Monday, the Los Angeles Times reported that the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) will no longer pursue plans to finance the total construction costs of the twin tunnels, known formally as the California WaterFix. MWD general manager, Jeff Kightlinger explained why the Southern California water district would be changing course again in...Read More
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Jun 9, 2016 11:21AM EDT Web Link to Story SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California public water district that earned a rare federal penalty over what it described as “a little Enron accounting” loaned one of its executives $1.4 million to buy a riverfront home, and the loan remains unpaid nine years later...Read More
