FEB. 15, 2019 – Today, Senator Richard Roth (D-Riverside) introduced Senate Bill 307, a bill that seeks to create new, additional environmental review requirements for the Cadiz Water Project outside the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) processes. Last year,...
During the first State of the State address of his administration, California Governor Gavin Newsom today remarked on California’s water reliability challenges and urged a “… portfolio approach to building water infrastructure and meeting long-term demand.” He also urged sustained funding to ensure all Californians...
Last week, the Fenner Valley Water Authority (FVWA),the public agency charged with operating the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project (the Project), released new analysis by a water chemistry expert that critiques two opposition-funded papers published last year regarding springs in the watershed surrounding...
December 12, 2018 – Los Angeles – Yesterday, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) released to the media a copy of a letter sent from the California Department of Fish & Wildlife to the Company regarding permitting of the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project (Water...
The Fenner Valley Water Authority (“FVWA”) today announced the creation of a $5 Million fund, the Southern California Clean Water Fund (“Clean Water Fund” or “SCCWF”), dedicated to aiding small water systems that are pursuing water quality improvements in Southern California. The Clean Water Fund...
Yesterday, SB 120 was returned to the Senate for consideration following its passage in the Assembly. The bill was referred to the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee, where it is expected to receive a hearing today. A hearing time has not yet been noticed. The...
On August 25, 2018, California Senate Bill 120 was amended to eliminate all previous contents, or “gutted”, so that it could serve as a vehicle for the language of Assembly Bill 1000 (Friedman, D-Glendale), the 2017 bill that was designed principally to block the advancement...
On August 25, 2018, California Senate Bill 120 was amended to eliminate all previous contents, or “gutted”, so that it could serve as a vehicle for the language of Assembly Bill 1000 (Friedman, D-Glendale), the 2017 bill that was designed principally to block the advancement...
By Winston Hickox and Julian Canete, Special to CALmatters/ source link but I wouldn’t use it: https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/my-turn-legislature-must-block-desert-water-grab/ The California Environmental Quality Act requires a stringent evaluation of the implications of major projects and requires that impacts be avoided. It’s a long, complicated process. When a project completes the arduous...
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/2018/07/24/new-program-offers-threatened-california-desert-tortoises-head-start/798579002/ Spartacus moves slowly, but with determination. The male California Desert Tortoise is not a big fan of the heat, and if it were up to him Spartacus would probably be hiding from the morning sun a few feet underground in a cool burrow of his...
