Spreck Rosekrans: Hetch Hetchy: A century of occupation in Yosemite National Park Guest Contributor Commentary December 19, 2013Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Valley was taken from the American people 100 years ago. It’s time to take it back. Commentary...
Letter: Governor convenes interagency Drought Task Force Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation December 18, 2013Governor Brown has directed the Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Food and...
Santa Clara Valley Water District BDCP workshop, part 1: Dr. Martin McCann on Delta levees Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features December 18, 2013The Santa Clara Valley Water District board members continued their examination of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan with a workshop...
California legislators and water officials request immediate executive action on drought Maven Policy and regulation December 17, 2013From Congressman David Valadao’s website: “Today, United States Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) and California Senator Jean Fuller (SD-18) joined...
Radio show transcript: Mark Cowin, Tim Quinn, Gary Bobker, and Barbara Barrigan-Parilla discuss the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features December 17, 2013Last week, a segment of KQED’s Forum with Michael Krasny featured Mark Cowin, Tim Quinn, Gary Bobker, and Barbara Barrigan-Parilla...
Evaluating the economics of the BDCP: Dr. Thornberg reviews all the economic analyses for Metropolitan and says “From my perspective, this is a no-brainer.” Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features December 16, 2013At the joint meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee and the Special Committee on the Bay-Delta...
Guest commentary: Steven Kasower – “BDCP 11 Financial Red Flags Report” Guest Contributor CommentaryDelta Conveyance Project December 16, 2013From Steven Kasower, Strategic Economic Applications Company: “Federal and State water contractors are being asked by the Brown administration to...
Wading through the economics of the BDCP: A recap of the reports, posts, fact sheets and more on the BDCP’s economic analyses Maven Delta Conveyance Project December 16, 2013Updated June 21 with latest documents released by the BDCP. There has been much posted and written about the economic...
This just in … Deputy Secretary Jerry Meral announces retirement at the end of the month Maven Website announcements December 14, 2013Deputy Secretary Jerry Meral has announced his retirement from the California Natural Resources Agency at the end of the month...
ACWA’s Town Hall meeting on the California Water Action Plan Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation December 12, 2013With the draft California Water Action Plan expected to be finalized and released later this month, the Plan was a...
Secretaries Laird, Rodriquez and Ross discuss the California Water Action Plan Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation December 11, 2013At the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) fall conference last week, the luncheon featured Natural Resources Secretary John Laird,...
Letter: Feinstein and Costa request Governor declare a drought emergency Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation December 11, 2013Senator Feinstein and Congressman Jim Costa have written a letter to Governor Brown, requesting that he address the dry conditions...
Agencies, organizations and legislators react to the release of Bay Delta Conservation Plan documents Maven Delta Conveyance Project December 10, 2013With the long-awaited release of the public review draft documents of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, reactions poured in from...
Opponents of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan hold media call, vow to fight on Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features December 10, 2013Yesterday, the Californians for a Fair Water Policy, new coalition that includes Restore the Delta, Food and Water Watch, C-WIN,...
Letter: California’s Republican representatives write letter to the President and the Governor, asking him to ‘take immediate action to mitigate the catastrophic effects of another natural drought exacerbated by environmental conditions” Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation December 10, 2013California Republicans have sent a letter to President Obama and Governor Brown, urging them to “take immediate action to mitigate...
